What Makes Our School Unique

 

 

¨ LIFE SKILLS ROOM featuring a kid-size Restaurant, General Store, Post Office and Bank.  (Development and instruction of these skills enhance the students’ independence, self-esteem, and overall quality of life.)

¨ Research-Based Curriculum taught and challenged at ability level in order to maximize learning and retention.

¨ Individualized education plans customized to each student’s strengths, needs and learning styles.

¨ Age appropriate social skills and life skills classes. 

¨ Daily inclusion with typically-developing children during the most unstructured social times of the day - lunch breaks and recess - with the necessary supports to enhance appropriate social interaction. 

¨ Evidence-Based School-Wide Positive Behavior Supports Model to develop and reinforce students appropriate behavioral expectations.

¨ Community-Based Field Trips to practice, apply and generalize social and life skills development.

¨ Small class sizes with low staff to student ratio taught by experienced, passionate staff which enables our staff to have the freedom to discover and thoroughly understand each student’s unique talents, strengths and needs. This knowledge is the foundation for successful individualized teaching strategies.

¨ A safe, nurturing environment that understands and celebrates each student’s wonderful uniqueness.

 

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“Autism Song—How Beautiful You Are”

George Dare

What Parents are Saying

 

“The Achievement Academy has been a lifesaver for us.  It is a wonderful feeling to be able to drop my son off in the morning and know he is in the hands of people who truly care and have his best interest at heart.  He has progressed leaps and bounds both academically and socially, and this is only his first year in attendance!”

                                       Heather L.

 

"As a parent, it is such a wonderful feeling to be able to provide your child access to an environment developed to bring out his or her best. I respect and trust the process at the Achievement Academy because I see the progress in my child. The Achievement Academy was the vision of a mother who loves her child, and I am truly grateful that her vision is benefiting other children as well."

 

                                       Tracye D.

 

 

 

Our students have a world of potential in many areas that has yet to be developed. They simply need extra help and support to convert their potentials into abilities.

The Achievement Academy is licensed by the Nevada State Department of Education.

The Achievement Academy is an accredited private school designed specifically for students

with Learning Differences and Social Challenges including Asperger’s Syndrome, High Functioning Autism, and Attention Deficit Disorder.

       * * * Bringing Learning to Life * * *

Where children have the opportunity to achieve their full potential

academically, emotionally, and socially.