October is a fun-filled month at TLS! We hope you will mark your calendars and plan to join us at the following events: Trunk or Treat The TLS PTO will be hosting its very first Truck or Treat event, which will be an evening of fun activities for the whole family! Trunk or Treat [...]
By Lynne Kirby TLS, Art Specialist On Tuesday, September 20, I arrived at the Columbus Museum of Art just in time to enjoy some tasty pastries and coffee before the start of the Arts & Autism Conference: Creating, Learning, Living. It was hosted by VSA Ohio: The State Organization on Arts and Disability and the [...]
The Learning Spectrum strives to support our families and students both in and out of the school setting. We are excited to share two new support services that are being offered to our TLS families and the community. Home Visits This new program is designed for TLS students who need help balancing life between home [...]
The Learning Spectrum (TLS) and families enjoyed a fun morning at the Leeds Farm Autism Harvest Festival on Saturday, September 17! The event was free to children and adults with autism, including their immediate family and grandparents. TLS was an event sponsor, helping to provide water and healthy snacks to families. Autism service providers, including [...]
The Learning Spectrum is proud to welcome Christina Boesch as our new Intervention Specialist! Christina has worked with students on the autism spectrum for over eight years. She earned a bachelor’s degree in human development and family science from The Ohio State University; and a master’s degree in special education and a reading endorsement from [...]
The Learning Spectrum is proud to introduce Lynne Kirby at TLS’s new art teacher! Although the full time art teacher position is new to TLS, Lynne is a familiar face to many TLS students, families and employees. She started working with TLS Central last spring teaching a component of the C.I.R.C.L.E. Saturday program. When the [...]
We wrapped up another successful TLS Summer Camp just last week, and we are so thankful to our students, teacher and families for all their hard work! It was a summer full of fun memories, learning new skills, growing academically, and developing new and stronger friendships with students and teachers. For those families who did [...]
Two Learning Spectrum directors - Shelly Ehmann, Senior Director, and Tiffanie Ryan, Behavior Health Director - are scheduled to attend the Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Conference in Columbus on July 3. The conference will focus on the following areas: special education law, rights and responsibilities tests and measurements to measure progress and regression [...]
Summer break is officially in full swing, and many of our students are enjoying camps, relaxing with family, and participating in many of the local activities Columbus has to offer. And if you’re looking for a way to experience summer with TLS’s friends and staff, the TLS PTO has created a way. The TLS PTO [...]
Nine TLS staff members attended a JASPER training session at TLS Central on May 6. JASPER stands for Joint Attention, Symbolic Play, Engagement and Regulation, which are also the four main objectives to the approach. It targets the foundation of social communication - join attention, imitation and play - and uses naturalistic strategies to increase [...]
