. . . for hope.

HOPE Reach, a program of Project HOPE

Foundation, was established in 2007 to
provide quality one-on-one Applied Behav-
ior Analysis (ABA) to children with autism. A small foundation doing big things for
ABA is considered the best practice therapy children with autism.
for teaching children with autism the skills
necessary to live independent, productive,
happy lives. Through HOPE Reach, over 55 Project HOPE Foundation’s
young children are receiving 25-40 hours per
week of intense therapy focusing on lan-
goals are to:
guage, behavioral, social, and cognitive skills.
Each child’s treatment team consists of: Help families
• 2-5 line therapists who work one-on-one in
blocks of 2-3 hours,
• a lead therapist who provides weekly Project HOPE Foundation Open minds
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and monitors the child’s individualized plan.
This plan is adjusted monthly in family/team
conferences to ensure mastery of established
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HOPE Link is a program of Project HOPE
Foundation designed to serve families deal-
ing with the challenges of autism by pro-
viding information about autism spectrum
disorders, including symptoms, therapies,
services, funding options, and coping skills.
HOPE Link’s collaboration with other Proj-
ect HOPE programs allows families to move
from being overwhelmed by volumes of
written information to being empowered by
experiences such as:
• participating in socialization activities not
only with families dealing with autism but
also with families of typical children; and
• developing strategies for dealing with chal-
lenging behaviors.
HOPE Link is distinguished from other
autism information services because its
staff has a unique perspective of first-hand
knowledge, diverse experience, and exten-
sive education.
HOPE Academy, a program of Project
HOPE Foundation, has served nearly 1,000
students since its inception in 1997. HOPE
Academy was founded with the mission of
serving children with autism by providing
this underserved population with the op-
portunity to experience learning in class-
rooms with typical peers and a typical cur-
riculum. This successful inclusion occurs
through:
• limiting class size to 8 total students in
preschool classes and 10-18 total students
in K5-5th grade classes;
• including both a teacher and an assistant
in each class to keep a teacher-student ratio
of 1:4 to 1:7;
• using trained shadows when needed to as-
sist the child with autism in fully participat-
ing in the class; and
• individualizing curriculum to allow each
child to reach his or her fullest potential.
HOPE Alive is an innovative approach to
serving older youth and young adults with
autism who are not best served through the tra-
ditional model of grouping people with wide-
ranging disabilities as a single unit. As a new
program of Project HOPE Foundation, HOPE
Alive is designed to develop an assessment tool
and prescriptive guide for an individual youth/
young adult in the following five general areas:
. • Life Skills - Current life skill inventories for
the general disabled population are not appro-
priate for the unique needs of individuals with
autism (e.g. specific training in reading facial
and body language cues).
• Vocational Opportunities - Individuals with
autism often have social difficulties and sensory
sensitivities that preclude them from working
well in traditional vocational rehab settings.
• Experiences -Many people with autism have
not had normal exposure to everyday experi-
ences.