Three moments from an ordinary Tuesday, because "trauma-informed" should mean something you can picture.
Calendar, weather, and a song — just like kindergarten will be. A therapist sits nearby, fading support week by week as the routine becomes the child’s own.
Blocks, art, and pretend play in small groups. The learning targets are the invisible part: waiting, sharing, asking a friend instead of an adult.
Transitions are where school days wobble. We rehearse them — cleanup songs, lining up, walking in a group — until they’re boring. Boring is the goal.
The right fit matters more to us than a full roster. If we're not it, we'll help you find who is.
The schedule mirrors a real Pre-K day — because that’s the point.
Unpacking, hanging up, finding your name — the school-morning routine, practiced daily.
Calendar, weather, a song, and sitting with the group — with support that fades as skills grow.
Small-group rotations through blocks, art, and pretend play. The targets: sharing, waiting, asking peers.
Trays, tables, and talking with friends — mealtime the way the cafeteria will do it.
Listening in a group and following two-step directions — the muscle kindergarten uses all day.
Every brave school-skill moment gets its high-five before pickup.
School readiness is one of the best-studied areas in early-childhood research: children do better in kindergarten when routines, group skills, and early social skills are practiced deliberately beforehand. Our classroom program is aligned to the Nevada Pre-K Standards, so the skills we practice are the ones your child’s school will expect. No invented statistics and no guarantees — just a plan built around your child.
Pick your plan. We'll tell you right now — no form, no callback needed for this part.
That criticism is real, and much of it describes practices we reject: planned ignoring of distress, extinguishing harmless stimming, goals chosen without the child. Here, sessions move at your child's pace, a child's "no" changes what we do, stimming isn't a treatment target unless it causes harm, and you can watch any session, any time. We wrote a whole page on this — Why Trauma-Informed ABA — and the best answer is to come tour the center and meet us yourself.
Fair question — and the honest answer is: it’s both, on purpose, and the preschool part is real. The curriculum is aligned to Nevada Pre-K standards; the room runs like a classroom because classrooms are what we’re practicing for. The ABA is the scaffolding: embedded support during circle time, transitions, and centers — measured, individualized, and deliberately faded as your child’s independence grows. The difference between this and “ABA with toys on the shelves” is the fade plan. We’re building toward our own irrelevance in your child’s school day. How to verify: ask to see a fade plan and a transition checklist on your tour. If a readiness program can’t show you how support decreases, it’s a therapy room with a rug.
No — it’s a bridge. The goal is for your child to move into a real classroom with the routines already in their pocket. When they’re ready, we help plan the transition with you and the school. And starting in early 2027, we’re partnering with Unskool — a microschool designed for neurodivergent kids — as another next step for families who want it.
Yes. With your permission we share progress with the school team, and we can help you prepare for IEP conversations — including what supports to ask for on day one.
That’s exactly who this is for. Group time starts small and supported, and grows as your child does. Nobody is dropped into a full classroom day on day one.
Because the first day of school happens at home too — the backpack routine, the early bedtime, the “you’ve got this” at the door. Our parent-collaboration sessions make sure the classroom skills we build here have a life outside this building.
Yes — anytime, unannounced. Cameras run in every room during all hours, and parents are welcome to observe in person, or watch the live feed from our in-center family room. The cameras aren’t accessible over the internet — by design. We built it this way on purpose: trust you can verify beats trust we ask for.
Clinically reviewed by Kathryn Mahan, M.S., BCBA, LBA
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