Family Services
In-Home Family Needs Assessment
All Individualized Action Plans start with a complete understanding of the person with ASD’s strengths and needs within the family and community context.
Family Education
There is a wealth of available information about autism spectrum disorders, but this information is of little use to a family unless they can apply the information to their loved one with autism. Our family education programs are individualized so that the family can begin to understand the unique way autism presents in your loved one.
Learning to accept and appreciate the unique qualities of your loved one is the key to accelerating the development of your loved one.
Group Trainings
Group Trainings address a variety of issues about living with autism. Behavior, Life Planning, Adjusting to Living with Autism, Acceptance, Grief, Sleeping and Eating Problems are just some of the topics our group trainings cover.
In-Home and Community-Based Training for the Person with ASD
Spectrum provides individually-designed functional skills, daily living, and community-based training programs to persons with ASD.
Behavior Skills Development and Intervention
Learning acceptable behavior is like learning any other functional skill. Spectrum assists families in designing Positive Behavior Support Plans for easier daily living with their loved one with ASD.
Social Skills Training Programs and Groups
A key need for persons with autism is to learn how neurotypical people think. Social Thinking, designed by Michelle Garcia Winner, is a nationally acclaimed social cognitive development program for persons with ASDs. Students learn the language of socialization in order to learn to adapt to social situations. Each social skill class contains a parent education component which helps parents also learn how their loved one with ASD thinks about the world.
Specializing in “Social Thinking”
Educational Consulting Services for Schools and Providers
With over 17 years experience working in school districts, Spectrum Autism specializes in team and consensus-building for the parent/professional team working with a student with ASD. Our services include parent/professional collaboration, problem-solving, positive behavior support and intervention plans and inclusion support ideas.
Educational Consulting Services for Private Providers
Our services include positive behavior support and intervention plans and individual problem-solving for persons with ASDs participating in a variety of community-based programs.
Outside Consultant In-Home Training Services for School Districts
Specializing in Direct Services based on In-Home Family Assessment . Our experience working collaboratively with families and school districts give us specialized skill in working with complicated students and family issues.
Outside Consultant Parent Training Services for School Districts
Specializing in Direct Services based on In-Home Family Assessment. We offer unique services because we are professionals who are also parents of children with ASDs.
Autism and Educational Rights Video Production
The use of Video and YouTube is an effective way to provide training to parents and teachers on a variety of autism subjects. Fran Templeton has recently produced an educational video on the Procedural Safeguards of IDEA.
Parent Training Curriculum Development for School Districts
Fran Templeton specializes in curriculum development for parent training programs. Behavior Intervention, Structure, Visual Schedules, Acceptance of Autism, Living Grief are just a few of the topics covered in curriculum development.
Outside Consultant “Social Thinking” Programs
Direct Services in-school “Social Thinking” groups
Educational Services for Parents and Children
In-Home and Community-Based Training for the Person with ASD
Spectrum provides individually-designed functional skills, daily living, and community-based training programs to persons with ASD.
Behavior Skills Development and Intervention
Learning acceptable behavior is like learning any other functional skill. Spectrum assists families in designing Positive Behavior Support Plans for easier daily living with their loved one with ASD.
Social Skills Training Programs and Groups
A key need for persons with autism is to learn how neuro-typical people think. Social Thinking, designed by Michelle Garcia Winner, is a nationally acclaimed social cognitive development program for persons with ASDs. Students learn the language of socialization in order to learn to adapt to social situations. Each social skill class contains a parent education component which helps parents also learn how their loved one with ASD thinks about the world.
Specializing in “Social Thinking”
Consultation for ARD Meeting Preparation
Until a child with an ASD grows up, most of their waking hours are spent in the school environment. We specialize in teaching parents the skills necessary to build consensus with their child’s school team in order to obtain the services that the child needs. Understanding your educational rights and how the system works is a critical component of obtain appropriate services.