The Autism Project Making the Connection
The Autism Leadership Academy (ALA) is a year long leadership development and comunity outreach program for young adults living on the autism spectrum. These young adults will build leadership skills and contribute to the betterment of their community.
Participants will learn life skills in a highly structured setting. Independent skills will be the focus of this program using hands-on activities.
Young adults with ASD are on the doorstep of a new world. As they age out of traditional programs, the opportunities to connect with their peers become hard to find.
‘Coffee Talk; provides the chance to stay connected with peers and the community while exploring issues like peer relationships, work, family and life goals. The Social Thinking curriculum provides the framework for all discussions.
In our Creative Expressions group participants learn group dynamics, social rules, effective peer interactions and functional skills for group participation and conversation. Students will work together on creating specific art projects!
Game On! is a group for children and teens looking to improve their functional skills in different sporting activities. In addition to emotional regulation, communication, following game rules, and team cooperation, participants will work on coordination, core strength, balance, and endurance.
Game On! is a group for children and teens looking to improve their functional skills in different sporting activities. In addition to emotional regulation, communication, following game rules, and team cooperation, participants will work on coordination, core strength, balance, and endurance using Karate.
Game On! is a group for children and teens looking to improve their functional skills in different sporting activities. In addition to emotional regulation, communication, following game rules, and team cooperation, participants will work on coordination, core strength, balance, and endurance using karate
We feel it is important to teach our students to become more efficient social thinkers BEFORE we can ask them to produce an appropriate social behavior. Adapted from Michelle Garcia Winner and Stephanie Madrigal's work, The Autism Project’s Social Thinking Academy teaches participants to become more efficient at social thinking and understand social skills.
The Club is a safe and engaging place for teens to become integral members of a group as they discuss and participate in community trips. Participants learn social communication skills required to foster friendships, and they learn appropriate social rules for effective interactions (interrupting, compromising, negotiating and listening).