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Founded on the belief that every child’s early development is crucial, Heart in Home SpecialTIES brings together families, educators, and community members to foster educational and social opportunities for children with exceptional learning abilities.
We envision a world where every child engages in meaningful, life-long learning within a nurturing community.
As a teacher and administrator with over 25 years working with families and their children in special education, it was evident the discrepancies of opportunities available to children exiting their formal education at graduation without the important adaptive life skills to be successful as adults in their respective communities.
As an adoptive parent of a child on the Autism Spectrum, I am aware of providing the opportunities for my son to develop the important adaptive life skills needed to be a successfully functioning member of his community when he completes his formal education.
As with any child, the competent development of life skills must occur from preschool through young adult age. However, discrepancies occur within the process.
Outside of therapeutic interventions, my heartfelt desire is to provide opportunities for all children to systematically grow in the life skill competencies to become active and connected members of their respective communities.
Some children are never asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”
Every child must be asked that question and provided opportunities to explore and determine who they want to be or what they want to do when they grow up.
This is the purpose of our existence – every person knowing who they want to be and what they want to do.
Parent-focused programming is divided into 2 parts:
As parents of children with exceptional learning abilities, it’s natural to want the best for your child, especially when it comes to preparing them for independent living. While school programs…
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