March 25th is National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day!

Cerebral palsy is a group of disorders that affects a person’s ability to move and keep balance and posture. Cerebral palsy is the most common motor disability in childhood. Cerebral means having to do with the brain. Palsy means weakness or problems with using the muscles. Cerebral palsy is caused by abnormal brain development or damage to the developing brain that affects a person’s ability to control his or her muscles. The symptoms and functioning […]

History of The Adaptive Learning Center

Innovative; National role model; Unique. These are just a few of the terms professionals and parents have used to describe The Adaptive Learning Center’s Preschool Inclusion Program over the past 37 years! The Adaptive Learning Center was created in 1982 as an early intervention program by Susan Tauber.  In 1998, ALC moved to a new model as research began to reveal that the best education for children with special needs is an inclusive environment.  This new model enabled […]

Another Great Example of How Inclusion Works!

“My name is Allison and I used to hang out with Charlie a few years ago when I went to Centennial! I would help feed him and read to him at times during the lunch period or walk him around the school with some of the other students! I was at the Chastain Artisan Festival today where I met Lauren Merritt and saw she had some of Charlie’s books!! I vividly remember Charlie pulling out a […]

The Preschool at PRUMC is All in for Inclusion!

In March 2019, The Preschool at PRUMC went all out for National Down Syndrome Day!  “GO TEAM TOMMY!” was the theme of the day. All of Tommy’s classmates celebrated their love and acceptance for Tommy by sporting “Team Tommy” shirts (teachers AND every friend in the class). After some playtime, Mrs. K led a wonderful and impactful lesson on being “different.” She brought up pairs of friends and talked about different hair color, eye color, height, […]

National S.T.E.M/S.T.E.A.M. Day – November 8th

November 8, National STEM/STEAM Day is a day meant to inspire kids to explore and pursue their interests in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math.   Why is S.T.E.M./S.T.E.A.M. so important, now more than ever before? S.T.E.M./S.T.E.A.M. is all around us and shapes our everyday experiences Of the U.S. Labor Department‘s predicted 10 fastest growing occupations, nearly all of them are S.T.E.M./S.T.E.A.M. careers; therefore an interest in S.T.E.M./S.T.E.A.M. early on can lead to success later on in […]

The Adaptive Learning Center Can Help with Early Intervention

One in five people has a learning disability and autism is the fastest growing serious developmental disability in the U.S.  Click here to learn more. Early diagnosis is crucial in terms of a child’s learning capacity and the ability to advance to a typical Kindergarten class. ALC’s screening process helps parents make sense of the child’s behaviors and challenges, guides intervention, helps identify critical support needs and ensures a child’s needs can be met in […]

The Adaptive Learning Center… from the Beginning!

Innovative; National role model; Unique. These are just a few of the terms professionals and parents have used to describe The Adaptive Learning Center’s Preschool Inclusion Program over the past 35 years! The Adaptive Learning Center was created in 1982 as an early intervention program by Susan Tauber.  In 1998, ALC moved to a new model as research began to reveal that the best education for children with special needs is an inclusive environment.  This new model enabled […]

Cerebral Palsy and ALC’s Preschool Inclusion Program

For children with special needs, an inclusive preschool program provides belonging, acceptance and developmentally appropriate practices.  By not self-containing a special needs child, especially at this early age, it enables them to learn typical development skills directly from teachers and classmates.  And in turn, their classmates also understand that differences does not mean different. Some of our Preschool Inclusion Program participants have been diagnosed Cerebral Palsy.  The Adaptive Learning Center is working to bring awareness […]

Thoughts About “Looking Beyond the Autism Label”

The Adaptive Learning Center posted an article on our facebook page, “Looking Beyond the Autism Label.”  Executive Director, Charles Schoen, wanted to share his comments and help bring awareness to this issue in our community.  After reading this article, it hit home why ALC is so important to the community in Atlanta. It is so important for people to understand that time is the enemy of Autism. It happens that professionals can be wrong in […]

What Does ALC Do?

The Adaptive Learning Center enables children with special needs to learn, play and grow with other students in preschool classrooms. We are the only organization in Georgia that fully integrates children with special needs into typical preschools – with individualized support from special education teachers. Our partnerships with some of Atlanta’s finest preschools enable children to learn and play alongside their peers in a warm and caring environment. In classes with 90 percent or more […]