News: Special Needs Center Focuses on Setting Individual Goals for Children with Autism

Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 10:23

The Marian Hope Center in Missouri, like a lot of schools for special needs kids, offers many therapies, but their focus is on individual goals for each child. The center, open since 2007, offers play groups, play classes, and pre-kindergarten classes. Special education teachers work with children with autism on skills that will allow them to mainstream and/or become a part of the community. There is an emphasis on integrative therapy that combines other treatments such as speech therapy and nutrition therapy

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