The Autism Treatment Center of America
Our team with Samahria during our inreach in November 2011.
The Autism Treatment Center of America is the worldwide teaching center for The Son-Rise Program, a powerful, effective and totally unique treatment for children and adults challenged by Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), Aspergers' Syndrome and other developmental difficulties. Over the last 25 years, Barry Neal Kaufman and Samahria Lyte Kaufman with their fabulous team in Sheffield, Massachusetts have worked with more than 22,000 parents and professionals from 78 different countries teaching them a system of treatment and education.
The Foundational Principles of The Son-Rise Program are as follows:
- Hope: Your child's potential is limitless.
- Joining: Your child's "stimming" behavior has important meaning and can be a doorway to creating trust, bonding and human interaction.
- Parents: You are your child's best resource.
- Attitude: You are most effective when you feel comfortable with your child, optimistic about your child's capabilities and hopeful about your child's future.
- Motivation: The key to facilitating real learning and socialization.
- Socialization: Relationships are the keys to your child's progress, not just learning tasks.
The Autism Treatment Center of America offers several training programs for parents and professionals wanting to facilitate meaningful progress in their children. To learn more, please visit them at www.autismtreatmentcenter.org or contact them at 1-877-SON-RISE or 1-413-229-2100.