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Autism Spectrum
Alternative Program (ASAP), a 501(c)3 organization, is a powerful,
effective, equine facilitated sensory integration program for children
with alternative learning abilities, (ALA) and children affected by
various emotional and developmental disorders including but not limited
to autism & autism spectrum disorders.
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Our
mission is to help families respond to the social and emotional needs of
their autistic children in a positive and sensitive manner. Our sensory
integration program utilizes equine facilitated therapy, color, sound
and art therapy, with a continuing education program to provide families
with tools and techniques to encourage open communication between the
children, their parents, their community and the world.
ASAP
in action is understanding and communicating with children anywhere on
the autism spectrum. Accepting the fact that every child has alternative
learning abilities, it is our goal to discover learning capabilities
outside of the traditional classroom environment and then identify and
develop those abilities through sensory integration activities. It is
our objective to provide opportunities for alternative learning
experiences with our program so that we may better understand and
respond to each child's needs.
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ASAP has developed a unique program
incorporating the Color Corral, our
equine facilitated riding program with the Rainbow
Room, our color and sound therapy room, to create the foundation of
our communication program. Communication techniques are then taught to
the parents through our parent education program, called Solutions, so
that they may continue the process at home. Support of our program would
provide the financial foundation needed to continue to implement this
program and open our doors to many more students.
The children can choose their activities each
session giving them a relaxed, fun opportunity to communicate. Our goal
is to give them as many choices as possible in their activities
encouraging self expression and self awareness. Watching them, observing
their patterns, their preferences and their choices give us keys to
their constantly changing views of themselves and the world around them.
Our objective is to collect these keys to establish a foundation for
personal learning styles and communication skills. By using
complementary treatment modalities such as our equine facilitated
therapy, our Rainbow Room, the Butterfly
Swing, our labyrinth, our Peaceful Pyramid, and yoga, our program may be
integrated into anyone's lifestyle. Enhancing our program through
scholarships would enable us to serve more families about these safe,
natural, drug-free treatments for children with alternative learning
abilities.
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Most of the
inappropriate behaviors of autistic children are triggered by their
reactions to different sensory stimulation and situations in society
they cannot understand. Sometimes their reactions are hypersensitive or
hyposensitive, too much or too little. Our goal is to observe their
reactions to various situations, giving us the opportunity to gather
information to select the tools needed to respond to a situation instead
of reacting to it. Our objective is to teach families techniques they
can use to create and maintain a balanced, calm and nurturing
environment. Some of these techniques include yoga, sound and color
therapy, diet choices, exercise and workshops for continuing education.
These techniques will make us better equipped to find the solution, not
just discipline the behavior. We feel strongly that our unique,
innovative program is very effective for many families. Sponsorship of
our program would allow us to continue research and provide continuing
education to the families.
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Our
program focuses on early intervention accepting children as young as one
and a half years old. With early intervention we have accomplished
significant strides in communications skills and behavioral responses as
well as overcoming many physical and emotional challenges. Our students
are successfully integrating into classrooms with their non autistic
peers, talking, reading, spelling and participating in sports that they
were not able to do initially. They are learning self confidence and
building relationships with tools and techniques that will last a
lifetime. This highly individualized curriculum combined with continuing
education for the families is a powerful combination with effective,
long lasting results.
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Contact:
asap@asapranch.org
Call for an appointment:
Michelle Muller- Founder 480-585-4408
Seasonal Field Phone - 602-577-ASAP
Fax - 480-585-4408 |
Autism Spectrum
Alternative Program
located at the
Apache Peak Equestrian Center Scottsdale,
Az
E-mail asap@asapranch.org |
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