The Square One Approach
Square One programs have been designed to educate the child diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder and their caregivers through direct interaction and skills teaching in the natural environment.
This alternative and comprehensive approach allows parents to be an equal partner in their child’s educational team through direct involvement in their learning from the start.
- Parent education is embedded throughout the entire program
- The program design includes parents in all aspects of teaching their child, and allows learning to occur in the child’s natural environment, throughout the course of their life
- Due to the large emphasis on parent education, total intervention hours are less than traditional ABA programs
- Square One is available to serve families in outlying areas
- One highly trained individual will be paired with each family to provide direct interaction and parent education, ultimately providing more consistency.
- Square One’s program design prepares the child with learning readiness skills and their caregivers with knowledge of basic behavior principles.