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Social Opportunities

Reach for the Stars Learning Center (RFTS) strives to provide a continuum of social opportunities for all of our students. Structured teaching is provided to allow students to acquire the prerequisite social skills needed to advance toward further opportunities. Students additionally participate in social skills groups where they learn parallel play, attending, joint attention, functional play, collaborative play, turn taking and the rules of social interaction. RFTS recognizes that each student may need a different level of social support. The one-to-one instruction that RFTS provides serves to facilitate this social support and provides opportunities for growth and advancement within the social and peer interaction domain. Experienced instructors aid in facilitating these interactions and the appropriate level of support that is necessary for each given student. Social and generalization goals are worked on during regularly scheduled community outings and interactions. Objectives during these outings include safely transitioning and navigating the community (i.e. navigating cross walks and recognizing street signs), generalizing academic skills (such as monetary exchange), self-awareness and self-management. Instructors use every opportunity to teach and assist in the student's acquisition of skills. Our team of instructors and departmental supervisors collaborate to determine when a child's skills are ready to be generalized to more inclusive educational and social settings.

RFTS has also created a number of innovative socialization programs which take place outside the classroom setting to promote social skills and peer interactions in a manner more reflective of typical life activity. See Outreach and Inclusion

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I truly believe that God sent you all to me as my angels to help my son

Please, he needs a miracle…

As soon as he started in Reach for the Stars we saw such a difference in him

After a few months he was saying words…

Reach for the Stars taught him how to connect with other people

Being able to communicate has changed his life

One day when he came home from school he looked at me and said ‘Momma.’ I started crying and screamed for joy

We’re on the road for him being fully integrated

My son’s life is just beginning because of all of you

I still can’t believe the progress he’s made. Sometimes I pinch myself to make sure it’s not a dream

Now it is I who sits quietly while he reads aloud to me

Instead of sitting under tables all alone he is now a charming, gorgeous little 8-year-old boy that loves people and loves being around friends

I truly believe that with Reach for the Stars my son can reach his goals…

Today, I can plan what was once impossible…

You have given him a future where just a few years ago he had none

I owe you my life

Each night when I put him to sleep I thank God for giving me back my son. I am so blessed

You have no idea the miracle that you did for me

Each time I look at my son, I thank God and then I thank you

I will not thank you on behalf of (my son), because (my son) told me he wants to thank you himself

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Your school has brought my son back to me in more ways than one

If not for the school I really don’t know where I would be today

Visit Reach for the Stars. They are making miracles there every day

When you walk into the building, you can feel the warmth and love all around you

Each child at Reach for the Stars is getting a chance at living a much better life because of you

I am eternally grateful to you all…

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