Program currently accepting Families
A 2013 NFAR Community Project Grant recipient Star Specialties, a program of Vista Hill, is currently accepting enrollment in their Family Intensive Training (FIT) Program. FIT is a 22-week social skills/ behavioral treatment program for children with high functioning autism or Asperger’s Syndrome (between 5 – 10 years old) and their families. NFAR’s grant is helping to provide scholarship funding for families, as well as provide for the Spanish translation and formatting of the FIT Parent Handbook.
Enrolled families meet once a week for two hours where they work on social skills training and regulation of challenging behaviors. Each parent/child team is assigned a behavior coach. FIT Program training occurs in a group environment, allowing children to work on new social skills with peers, and families to learn from one another.
FIT training groups are currently operating in several locations and interested families can contact STAR Specialties for more information, call (858) 514-5170, or visit www.starspecialties.org.