Welcome to the Autism Treatment Center of America™,
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),
Asperger's Syndrome , and other developmental difficulties.
Our team of committed teachers combines Autism strategies, support and education that combines over 100 years of “real life” experience
working with children using
The Son-Rise Program®.
Over the last 25 years we have worked with more than
22,000 parents and professionals from around the world
teaching them a system of treatment and education.
We have seen that:
Children with Autism are capable of learning,
communicating, experiencing real joy and happiness
and developing warm and satisfying relationships
with the people in their lives.
Children with Autism, no matter how severe, can
be helped to experience intimacy, comfort, warmth
and love. Children can learn to enjoy affection
and to run toward a parent to be tickled, hugged
or held. Children can learn to look into another
person's eyes and laugh with genuine, shared delight.
We believe:
Your child may seem withdrawn and disconnected—but
we believe he has the capacity to love, to laugh,
to enjoy a cuddle or a tickle.
Your child may react aggressively or erratically—but
we know that she can be helped to digest her environment
so that smiles, hugs and a real sense of caring
engagement are the norms, not the exceptions.
Your child may be falling behind in areas of development
such as language, self-care skills and social skills—but
we believe he is capable of learning – and of having
that learning process be enjoyable rather than
stressful – for you and for him.
Your child may be highly verbal with a high I.Q.
while experiencing huge struggles socially—but
we see a child who can learn to look into another
person's eyes with shared joy, laugh at jokes, find
diverse interests and become truly successful at
building meaningful friendships
We do not put limits
on the possibilities for your child. We can help you to bring your child as far across
the bridge from Autism to recovery as possible. For
some, this means complete recovery. For others, this
means improvements in their child's development, human
connection, communication, skill acquisition and quality
of life far beyond what most would have ever predicted.
We can provide help for Autism and teach you to:
Establish a warm, interactive rapport with your
child.
Implement effective educational techniques.
Enable your child to move beyond repetitive “stimming”
behaviors.
Move through challenging behaviors (such as tantrums
or hitting).
Become a confident teacher and advocate for your
child.
Motivate your child to learn–and to enjoy learning.
Optimize your child's learning environment.
Jump-start speech and language development.
Relax and have fun–without giving up what you
want for yourself and your child.
Recruit and train a team of volunteers and helpers.
Find a sense of peace and comfort with your child's
present challenges.
Create and sustain an attitude of hope and optimism
about your child's future.
You're not
giving up on your child. Neither are we.
As you know our Son-Rise Program is staffed by an agency USING STATE FUNDING (Maine) . WE are SO blessed to have amazing staff. Emma is making GREAT PROGRESS.... two years ago she was stage 2 and 3 in all areas except language. Today, she is stage 4-5 in ALL areas. Yeah Son-Rise Program, Yeah Emma yeah US! In addition, WE ARE THE PEBBLE IN THE POND, and we are seeing ripples: there are now at least three professionals locally who DO NOT WORK in Emma's program starting to use The Option Process (taught at The Option Institute) and The Son-Rise Program (taught at the Autism Treatment Center of America): another child is making great strides with The Son-Rise Program techniques, another child has the S-B-R model (Stimulus/Belief/Response you teach) in his treatment plan, and another ripple is a supervisor starting to read your book, HAPPINESS IS A CHOICE. Look at the lives you and Samahria have touched… people you may never meet. I love you both, and continue to be grateful every day, every hour, every second for you and The Option Process and The Son-Rise Program.
Love, Ellen S., Homemaker & Son-Rise Program Mom, Maine — Daughter: Emma, Age:7, Diagnosis: Sensory Integration Dysfunction
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