Readiness Center for Children
The inability of the student: developmental delays including autism and mental retardation
Age of pupils: 5-8 (Early Elementary)
Students from the middle of state-of-the-art early education on Long Iceland a very individualized approach to the behavior and small class sizes need (6:01:02). As part of its approach to educational / behavioral program, specially trained to follow the results of the staff of each student in the literature continuously. The Long Island school program includes not only the development of communicative abilities of young people and their social interaction, but also the achievement of goals in the individualized educational and academic preacademic. Parents and family learning in the school on Long Iceland behavioral and educational strategies that can be used with children at home.
Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) is the teaching method used throughout the program. Skills are broken down into small steps and different teaching methods are used to ensure mastery of skills in a variety of conditions. This school of Long Iceland uses progressive total communication system, the spoken words, pictures, images, symbols and / or sign language may include improving communication skills. The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) method involves the child in a social exchange or communicate requests to engage.