The CUSD Autistic Support Program is committed to working with families to provide a program that best meets the student’s individual needs, and working towards placement in the least restrictive environment.
The program offers service as defined in the Individualized Education Plan (IEP):
- Student Educational Services
- Behavioral Support Services
- Psychological and Social Work
The Autistic Support Program offers a variety of programmatic features that support the needs of students with autism that include communication, behavioral, social, and sensory. Autism offers students a variety of support opportunities designed to assist students as they age out of the primary program to move into the Intermediate level. They are as follows: a research-based literacy program, Project READ within CUSD classes, Picture Exchange Communication (PEC), Touch Math, Milestone Reading Program, First Verb, First Word, Board Maker – Visual Cues, and Community Based Instruction. The program locations are Columbus Elementary and the Village at Chester Upland schools.