Elementary Program

Our Elementary Program serves students with autism ages 5–11 through individualized and small-group instruction, with just 4–5 students per classroom and an average 2:1 student-to-staff ratio. Classrooms are structured and organized, using personalized schedules, work systems and visual supports to make learning meaningful and confidence-building. Teachers and therapists work together to nurture functional academics, communication, motor development, social interaction, self-help, safety and readiness skills. Beyond the classroom, community-based instruction and enrichment activities extend learning into everyday life.

The Timothy School Difference:

• Environmentally engineered and individualized classrooms assign 4-5 students per room with an average of 2:1 student:staff ratio

• Use of structured teaching methods designed to make information meaningful and expectations clear 

• Use of personalized daily schedules, work systems, and visual cues to promote independence 

• Instruction of new concepts and skills that is incremental and predictable due to an organized environment

• Collaboration between teachers and therapists to differentiate and individualize instruction 

• Community-based instruction and enrichment activities promote generalization of concepts and skills