Music Time! May 8, 2019 Today we had another great day with Ms. Lety from Play Your Part Music. Our students love this part of their day so much and so attentive during the 30 minutes of this activity. Ms. Lety is able to intersperse lots
Earth Day May 6, 2019 Last week it was Earth Day. We made an earth day Promise and colored our Earth day t shirts. We talked about making the world a better place and the students brainstormed ideas on how to do that. We learned more about recycling
YOGA April 29, 2019 At the end of the school day, Mr. Sam likes to do yoga with the students. Stretching and having fun while learning to unwind combine with positive deep breathing exercises. Yoga can last up to 15 minutes and the students love it. They have improved
Foodie Fridays! April 26, 2019 Today we started a new tradition. We had noticed that, like many students with autism, some of our students were very limited in the healthy foods they were willing to eat or even try. We decided to incorporate a Foodie Friday to work on
We have a class pet! April 24, 2019 Karlie de Vine, our classroom RBT, got us a class pet! I know, I know, you were also hoping for a bearded dragon or tarantula, but alas, it is .....a FISH!! Big surprise, right? The kids love our fish, who has
Spring has Sprung Team April 23, 2019 We had a great time last week at our Spring has Sprung event. As you can see a certain famous Bunny showed up too! This picture shows all the staff at our event and we want to thank them for the incredible
Author with Autism visits Academy April 19, 2019 Alexandra Adlawan is 24 years old and has autism. She has also already written and illustrated 2 beautiful children's books. Alexandra came with her beautiful support dog to visit the Academy during our Spring has Sprung Event in April. She met
Parent-Teacher Communication April 19, 2019 We are trying something new! We are excited to share that our Academy families are now connected using the BLOOMZ app! We have been most impressed with the app so far. It allows us to privately share photos of events. In
Phonics Instruction April 16, 2019 Leigh Ann Tipton holds a Ph.D. in school psychology from UCR and is currently an assistant professor at CSULA. In January Leigh Ann visited the Academy and shared an evidence based phonics system with us. Our teacher Mr. Sam has been diligently implementing this
Our Class Reinforcement System is a Fish! April 16, 2019 In the Academy we differentiate learning for all the students and of course our reinforcement system is no different! Each student has the opportunity to earn 5 tokens per day, but what they earn the token
