Caroline Smith has been a music therapist at TLS for four years. You may have seen her around, as she works at all three TLS locations, and also contracts with a day program for special needs adults in the community. Caroline earned a bachelor of arts degree in psychology pre-med from Spelman College, and a [...]

If you have visited our new Johnstown location, you’ve probably seen some familiar faces. One of those familiar faces is Maggie Cruikshank, a TLS Intervention Specialist from our Sunbury location. Maggie has been with TLS for three and a half years. During the school year, Maggie provides direct instruction to students, individually and in small [...]

The first day of school for our Central and South locations was Thursday, August 17, and our newest North East location in Johnstown officially opened on Monday, August 28. TLS North East is located at 3060 Johnstown Utica Road in Johnstown, and combines our Newark and Sunbury schools into one centralized location. At 10,000 square [...]

School is back in session, but The Learning Spectrum was busy this summer! Along with the summer camps, enrichment opportunities and building changes and upgrades, we’ve also been spreading the word about the talents and abilities of our students and other children with ASD. The Learning Spectrum, The Make It Fit Foundation and RoboKind, the [...]

The Learning Spectrum is excited to be at the point where we need to renovate our current buildings as well as add additional space to meet the growing need for our services! We want you to know about three significant changes that are in the works for the upcoming school year:   TLS North East [...]

Last Thursday marked the end of another successful summer camp for our students and teachers! This year’s camp began on June 19, and each of the four weeks had its own theme. We kicked off camp with Start Your Engines, transitioned into the second week with Super Spy School, celebrated week three with All American [...]

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv8tfyLnX94 We’ve always known we had an outstanding leader in our executive director, Jill Medley. So it was nice to see another organization recognize her commitment, dedication and passion for helping children on the autism spectrum. We’d like to congratulate Jill for being one of three finalists for the 2017 National Association of Women [...]

The Learning Spectrum is excited to welcome our very own Stephen DeVeau to the newly created Technology and Digital Marketing Developer position! As the Technology and Digital Marketing Developer, Stephen will be implementing advertising campaigns, running social media ads, organizing and planning events, taking photos, and maintaining our technology on Smartboards, Lumo Play, iPads, computers, [...]

The Learning Spectrum hosted its 2017 Springfest at The Vineyard Church on May 6! The morning was filled with creativity, songs, art projects and a general celebration of all the students have worked on this school year. With the theme, “Reach for the Stars,” TLS students from each location sang songs under the direction [...]