PAAL
Preparing Adolescents with Autism for Adult Life
History
Mission for Educating Citizens with Autism In 1996 the mother of a young boy with autism approached the Executive Director of the Devereux Kanner Center, located in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, with the idea of starting a small, center-based day school employing the principles of Applied Behavior … Learn more »
PAAL
The Foundation of PAAL PAAL "Preparing Adolescents with Autism for Adult Life" began operations in September of 2006. PAAL is a specialty secondary-educational program for adolescents with moderate to severe autism between the ages of 14 and 21, which establishes a professional collaboration … Learn more »
Bridges
Bridging the gap between education and the demands of adult life The past decade has seen dramatic reports citing the increase in the prevalence of autism and related disorders. From an earlier prevalence estimate of approximately 2-5 cases per 10,000 individuals the figure most often cited today is … Learn more »
Adult Programs
ACE: Adult Competency and Education ACE (Adult Competence and Employment) is a state-of-the-art comprehensive employment, development, and support program designed to work cooperatively and in tandem with PAAL and to be supported by BRIDGES. Recognizing that, across the commonwealth, parents of … Learn more »