NEWS: 

Monday November 7, 2011:
School of Autism is holding its first annual Physics Egg Drop Challenge.  Students must make contraptions, using any material, that will hold an egg and prevent it from breaking when dropped from 1 story above the cement ground.  Students will spend all week creating prototypes, testing theories involving speed, gravity and free falling.  Students will be making their final prototypes at home with their families and they will be dropping their contraptions on Thursday, November 7 at 1:00pm.
 
an example of the egg-holder that will be inside of a cube made of straws...interesting...we will see how it turns out when it is dropped during our Physics Egg Drop Challenge!

Thursday September 8, 2011:
School of Autism welcomes two new teachers this school year.  We would like to welcome Cicely Kaplan and Rosie Stewart.  Cicely is our new Teacher's Assistant and Rosie Stewart is our new Preschool Teacher.   

Friday April 8, 2011:
School of Autism is holding it's 5th Annual Dinner & Auction on June 4th, 2011.  Purchase tickets and get further information by clicking on the link on the left side of this page.  Hope to see you there!



Friday March 4, 2011:
School of Autism is hosting it's first annual SCIENCE FAIR!  All children with autism and their siblings are welcome and encouraged to participate.  The Science Fair will help the children foster a positive self image, giving and receiving peer feedback, and showcasing something he/she finds interesting. 

Requirements: 
-1 trifold display board with a title
-question (What is the tallest tower that can be built using only popsicle sticks?)
-pictures/drawing
-description of project or process for finding an answer to your question.

To get ideas, check out the website http://sciencebuddies.org/

Wednesday February 23, 2011:
In the event of snow this week, please watch www.KGW.com for Portland Public School Closures.  We follow their recommendations where school closures are concerned.  If you have further questions, please call Sara at 503-261-3367.  Snow is predicted to fall tonight through Friday.  In the event of a snow closure Friday, February 25th, Parents Night Out will be rescheduled.  Thank you.

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Washman Autospas has funded an annual scholarship for 1 child here at SOA!   Thank you, Thank you!  check out their website at http://www.washmanusa.com/

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SEEKING SCHOLARSHIP FUNDERS:

School of Autism is searching for businesses and individuals who will sponsor 1 full year scholarship for 1 child.  We have many students who's families are living below or just above the poverty level.  Tuition for 1 full year is  $7800.  If you are unable to provide a full scholarship, any amount can be contributed to the general scholarship fund.  The general scholarship fund will provide partial scholarships as well as emergency scholarships.


By sponsoring a child, we will be able to provide education and support to him/her.  We also provide education and support to his/her family.  Please help.  If you are interested, please fill out the form below.

School of Autism is a sensory immersion school for children with autism, pdd-nos, global developmental delay and sensory integration issues.  It opened Summer 2006 and started it's preschool program September 2006. 

The preschool program was so successful and because of parent demand,
School of Autism expanded it's program to include kindergarten June 2007.  Since School of Autism is a year round school, students receive over 1000 in-session hours per year, compared to public kindergarten's 400 hours per year.  The kindergarten program uses Oregon State standards and benchmarks to track the progress of the students, and both programs are taught by a teacher with a BA in early childhood education and a certified registered nurse.

For the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 school years, added a Music and additional elementary grades.  We can offer our program to any children in elementary grades 1 to 5.

The goal of School of Autism is to keep expanding, keep improving, keep learning--so the best educational environment and experience is provided to local children with autism.  Some of SOA parents aim to have their child mainstreamed into public school and simply need a little longer to prepare their child--we can do that!  Some of SOA parents want to provide their child with a completely alternative education and we can do that! 
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The School of Autism is a place that families with children with autism can go to get therapy, support and education.  Through play, sensory immersion and guidance by people who actually have been through the same process, families and children with autism can be treated AND educated  in one place.

Normally, a child with autism will have to be taken to different offices for speech therapy, occupational therapy, and preschool classes.  Families sometimes feel like they are alone and they don't know what to do or how to help their child. 

We have speech, occupational and physical therapy integrated into all of our daily activites.  Each child receives what they need in each area.
We evaluate each child in the areas of sensory sensitivities, nutrition, social, cognitive and language development, and start teaching them from where ever they are at.
We care about every child we work with.  The children receive praise and positive reinforcement for every accomplishment.  We truly celebrate every small step forward with the child and their parents.

...because
every step, every day adds up.  We will make it, we can get there, one day at a time.
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We know what you are going through. 
You may feel alone. 
We are here and we can help.  Just call.
503-283-9603