About The Journey Center

The Journey Center is an autism center where children will have fun, be valued, and treated with respect and dignity. We assess what children enjoy and use those items or activities to teach and motivate a child to work through a task that is difficult to learn.

Our autism center focuses on the prerequisites to education and the necessary skills autistic children need to function as independently as possible in their natural environment with minimal, to no lifetime support. When assessment reveals that a child displays developmental delays we write an individualized treatment plan, teach them skills that they are lacking in a systematic way, monitor their progress through data collection, and provide multiple opportunities to practice those skills. Support is provided as the child generalizes skills into the natural environment and reaches independence.

If a child displays behaviors that impede their learning or interfere with life within the family, we assess why they are engaging in those behaviors and teach replacement skills so that children can be successful in all environments.

At the Journey Center, we first teach the autistic learner a functional way to communicate. Communication is a key to learning and is a primary focus so that a child can interact with family and friends in a meaningful way. Once this is established, we teach social skills, daily living skills, and academics.