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Two special education teachers and a parent saw a need in the community for a wide variety of services for children with autism spectrum disorder and formed the Learning Spectrum in 2005. The overall vision of The Learning Spectrum is to provide families with services designed to meet the individualized needs of children with autism and related services in and out of the school setting. It has grown immensely over the last 15 years, and now serves kids in four different locations, as well as private schools throughout the city. The Learning Spectrum provides OT, Speech therapy, music therapy, 1:1-Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), support groups, and educational services to over 300 students with autism spectrum disorder.

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Naturalistic

TLS provides naturalistic programming for children with autism spectrum disorder and other disabilities based on the premise that behavioral intervention and immersion in the natural environment are the keys to establishing learning behaviors in students. Some children demonstrate a need for a lot of structure and smaller ratios, while some are able to thrive in a larger group with their peers. Whatever the need, we individualize the program to the most naturalistic setting the child can be the most successful!

Needs

TLS stresses work in the areas of core need found in individuals on the spectrum including: self-management, language and learning, and most especially social skills.

Individual

TLS bases programs on each child’s unique needs. The goal of The Learning Spectrum is to help all children reach his or their own full potential through a personal program using an ABA approach combined with therapies and education.

What The Professionals Say

The Learning Spectrum provides exceptional customized educational services tailored to the needs of each individual student. When working with individuals living with autism, practitioners need to think outside-of-the box—through their creativity and innovation, providers at The Learning Spectrum have this mastered! Instead of adhering blindly to cookie cutter approaches of what “works for autism,” TLS figures out what each individual needs, and then does it. The environment is very natural and each student feels like s/he belongs to a community.

Dr. Audrey Todd, Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Certified RDI Consultant
Chief Executive Officer, Food for Good Thought, Inc.

What Staff is Saying…

“Very rewarding career working with students on the Autism Spectrum. Each day is always a little different and can be challenging, but hard work pays off when you see success in your students! Teachers and para’s are supported with extra help with lesson plans, progress reports, IEPs, and behavior management. TLS offers a mentoring program for the Resident Educator Program. Staff are all very friendly and are also very supportive to one another.”
“I absolutely love working where I do. As the title states: excellent place to work for. Great management, great children, and great teachers. Administration actually cares about you and appreciates you. They also are so understanding of your outside life needs as well. Great pay for the roles, health benefits, and generous vacation/pto. Coming from places that you are just a body in classrooms and it’s very evident to here is a complete night and day difference. I’ve felt supported and appreciated since day one. They even have a rewards/bonus program where they give you points and you get to redeem these points similar to credit card rewards! Even during events the owner made sure to include me in conversations/inviting me to go places with them (I can tend to feel shy in social settings so it was so nice of her). The staff here are among the nicest people I’ve ever met and the way they care for the kids here is so sweet to see (I work in the office I am not with the children very often. I just get to help them into their rooms).”
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