Who would benefit from the Davis Stepping Stones Program?

 

• A person with autism under the age of 8 years old

• An individual with low verbal skills

 

What do people generally see as a result of doing the program?

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Feedback from clients, teachers, families and facilitators has recognized a variety of improvements upon completion of the program. Some of the results are listed below:

 

Note the results have been confirmed through the Foundation’s internal research and include:

 

• fewer meltdowns

• growth in language

• increase in pretend play

• less resistance to change

• less arguments with siblings

• willingness to try new things

• better understanding parents instructions

• increased understanding of cause and effect

• increased ability to refer to self as ‘I’ or ‘me’

• improved self-regulation (can calm themselves down)

• can follow instructions using the ideas of before and after

• better self-awareness (e.g. expressing appropriate pain when injured)