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Program Details

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Activities Offered
  • Camp
  • Martial Arts/ Self-Defense
  • Various Recreational Activities
Transportation
  • Accessible by Public Transportation: No

  • Transportation Provided by the Program: No

Notes

Fisher-Titus Medical Center�s Autism Spectrum Kids (ASK) Program provides special programming and support for children, families, and the community who are touched by Autism, Asperger�s Syndrome, Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), High Functioning Autism (HFA), and PDD-NOS. The ASK Program is centered around our pediatric therapy department. Our pediatric rehabilitation clinic offers specialized physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy services within a state-of-the-art facility. Our therapists specialize in many well-known treatment options such as sensory integration, visual support systems, augmentative communication, The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS), The Hanen Program�, Neuro Developmental Treatment�, Vital Stim�, The SOS (Sequential Oral Sensory) Approach to Feeding, The Beckman Oral Motor Assessment and Intervention method, and Kineseo� taping. Each quarter we have exciting new group offerings, but some recent examples of our groups include:

  • Theatre Camp
  • Preschool PALS (Play and Language Skills)
  • Positive Peer Connections Group
  • Drawing on Strengths
  • The READY Group
  • Music, Movement, and Language Group

In addition to our therapeutic services, ASK offers:

  • Programs for children with the goal of improving social-pragmatic skills, language skills, critical thinking, coping skills, attention, fine and gross motor skills, and self-esteem.
  • Educational seminars
  • ASK Newsletter
  • Lending library
  • Consult Services