The
Learning Spectrum was formed in 2004 by two special education teachers and
a parent who saw a need in the community for a wide variety of services
for children with ASD. Combined, they have over twenty-five years
experience working with children with Autism. The vision is to provide
families with individualized services designed to meet the needs of
children in and out of the school setting.
As Autism
Scholarship providers, the Learning Spectrum is able to create
individualized education programs as well as work within the IEP to help
meet specific educational goals. In addition, The Learning Spectrum offers
support in inclusive settings including daycares, pre-school and
public/private schools. The overall goal of all intervention is to help
children grow and prosper in their natural environments.
TLS takes a
strengths based approach when considering the abilities and
developing abilities of the children and adolescents with whom they
work, in other words, the staff have positive attitudes and are
optimistic about the fact that their clients can and will further
develop their cognitive abilities and their abilities to function
independently.
TLS focuses on using Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) to analyze problem
behaviors and to in turn create appropriate behavioral interventions
that allow for their clients optimum learning of academic, social, and
communication skills. These behavioral intervention are ideally
encased
in the child or adolescents' natural environment so that the appropriate
behaviors can be learned more completely and then generalized to other
environments.