News summaries for autism therapy: preschool

definition of preschool: School for children before kindergarten. In the United States preschool typically refers to children between the ages of three and five.
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Kentucky Center Expands to Include Autism Services, Summarized Apr 2, 2013

Growing Minds Learning Center has added autism therapies to its offerings. The Kentucky-based center has been open since 2009, but has just added applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapies for kids with autism. They offer a pre-school program and a one-on-one clinical area for autism. Each family works with Growing Minds to find the best way to treat their child. A local activity center for special needs, Puzzle Pieces, is also involved in therapies at Growing Minds.

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Start an Autism Pre-School in Your Home, Summarized Nov 13, 2012

A mom wrote this article about starting a home pre-school program for her son with sensory processing disorder, but this would work for a child with autism who might not be ready for a classroom situation. She explained that almost everything needed for a curriculum can be found online, but she offered some low cost suggestions as well. She divided her child’s school time by letters of the alphabet. For example, the first week her child studied the letter “w” for weather.... Read more...

School Expands to Help Kids with Autism Beyond Their Student Years, Summarized May 24, 2012

The Monarch School in Houston Texas has broadened its scope for serving kids with autism and other developmental disorders. Monarch serves students from pre-K through high school, but has added a post-graduate program to help older kids find jobs, transition to college, and live more independently in a group home setting. Monarch hopes this will help address the under and unemployment of many young adults with autism. Much of the problem has stemmed from students not being prepared to transition from school. Linda Holloway at the University of North Texas, explained, “We talk about this black hole after graduation. Too many young adults don't know about the resources out there.”

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Organization Prepares Kids with Down Syndrome and Autism for Life Beyond Kindergarten, Summarized May 16, 2012

The Association for Children with Down Syndrome/Lifetime Service for Individuals with Special Needs (ACDS) knew that their work with kids with Down enabled them to help kids with other special needs.... The different kinds of challenges presented by the disorder are so vast, working with a Down syndrome population has trained the ACDS staff to deal with all sorts of issues.” ACDS focuses on early intervention and Preschool preparation. Classrooms are filled with special needs kids and neurotypical kids; the kids have learned well together.... Read more...

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Synonyms for preschool include: pre-K, pre-kindergarten, pre-school
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