Future Horizons is sponsoring an Autism/Asperger’s Conference in Indianapolis on Friday, January 18 (venue TBA), featuring Dr. Temple Grandin, the noted scientist who has autism; Eustacia Cutler, the mother of Temple Grandin who shares her views of autism through her personal experiences raising Dr. Grandin; and Dr. Jim Ball, a highly experienced, Board Certified Behavior […]
The December 3, 2012 issue of People magazine features a Heroes Among Us article which includes Wendy Ross, a pediatrician in Philadelphia. Ross developed an air-travel program at Philadelphia International Airport with clinicians and airlines that allows children with autism the opportunity to practice everything related to air travel including check-in, security screening, and boarding […]
Learners visited Snapperz Family Fun & Sports, finding the soft indoor playground the number one attraction. Outings like these give our learners the opportunity to practice generalizing skills they learn in the center to other social environments.
Little Star Center conducted its annual food drive at the Carmel and Lafayette centers to help local food pantries stock up for the Thanksgiving holiday ( the New Life Fellowship Church in Carmel and Elmwood Church of Christ and Food Finders in Lafayette). As an incentive for staff participation in Carmel, a contest was held […]
Learners in Little Star’s Early Learner program created Thanksgiving pictures for their parents. The making of these outstanding works of art was a fun process. It began with painting brown paint on the bottom of their feet, a process that tickled the toes! It then took a steady hand guiding the foot to the paper. […]
Little Star – Lafayette learners enjoyed a trip to Arnie’s Pizza for lunch and were invited into the kitchen to observe and “help” with the making of their pizzas. “Going on different community outings helps ensure that the learners are given an opportunity to experience going to a public place such as a restaurant and […]
Little Star (LSC) staff recently attended the fourth Hoosier Association for Behavior Analysis (HABA) Conference. HABA, the state chapter of the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI), brought in Dr. David Celberti, executive director for The Association for Science and Autism Treatment (ASAT) to provide the keynote address: “Science: Don’t Treat Autism Without It (that […]
Gentry Groshell, daughter of Amy Gudal Groshell—the founder of Little Star Center, is an amazing artist. Her paintings grace the walls of Little Star’s centers in Carmel and Lafayette, Indiana as well as the Groshell home and the Duval County Public Library in Florida. The demand for her work is such that her canvases and […]
HELP US SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY! Little Star Center is hosting its annual food drive to benefit a local food bank at locations in Carmel and Lafayette, Indiana. Donations of non-perishable items will be collected at the centers from Wednesday, November 7, through Friday, November 16. Questions? Please contact Jennifer or Laura at 317.249.2242.
Little Star Center (LSC) — created by a family of a child with autism — was the first in Indiana to employ Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) treatment, which has long been considered the most effective intervention method for children with autism. ABA features several instructional approaches for consideration when developing a learner’s personal program. One […]