Jacksonville School for Children with Autism

Jacksonville School for Children with Autism

• 4000 Spring Park Road
  
• Jacksonville, FL 32207
  
• (904) 732-4343
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Jacksonville School for Children with Autism (JSCA) was established in 2005 by two families in an effort to create a safe and flexible learning environment. JSCA families take an active role in the decisions that drive their children's educational programs. The school is designed so that children maintain high levels of one-to-one instruction with teachers as well as interact with peers in structured and unstructured activities.

The school is incorporated as a not-for-profit 501 (c) (3) private school. Funding comes from parent fees, the McKay and other scholarships, fundraising, grants and volunteer efforts.

Our Philosophy
The parents and professionals at JSCA believe that children with autism can learn to communicate, socialize and become productive members of society. Many children with autism are capable of learning age appropriate academics and given the proper amount of adult support, can thrive.

Guiding Principles
Given that no one child is just like another, JSCA offers the opportunity to integrate a variety of curriculums and methodologies to meet each child's individualized educational goals.

The common methodology at JSCA is Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)/Verbal Behavior (VB) as described by B.F Skinner. ABA is utilized during group activities and natural environment teaching.

Additionally, students combine aspects of Speech and Language Therapy, Rapid Prompting Method, Greenspan DIR model, Relationship Development Intervention, Occupational Therapy/Sensory Integration, picture schedules, and socialization with peers.

Individual children, depending on their developmental level and symptoms, will need different amounts of each of these approaches in their program. The Integrated Model combines the best and most child-appropriate elements from each of these approaches in order to produce natural and spontaneous behaviors and language.