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Welcome to the Only DIR School in the State of Florida! CasaBlanca Academy is a truly innovative school, implementing the DIR approach as an alternative to traditional behavioral models.
The highly trained and qualified staff, in conjunction with each family, develops a plan for each student based on their individual strengths and challenges.
This results in specific strategies directly addressing each child's emotional, social, and intellectual development. CasaBlanca Academy offers a one-to-one student-to-staff ratio and a dynamic environment to nurture and support positive relationships.
Casablanca Academy curriculum is designed to strengthen each student's developmental capacities in order to guide students to higher order thinking.
Engagement, reciprocity, problem solving, and logical thinking are incorporated into every activity in a manner which is both meaningful and purposeful.
Our curriculum includes speech and language, self-monitoring techniques, social skills training/peer play, motor planning, yoga and visualization, music and art/creativity etc.
Our program uses multi-sensory teaching materials to maximize opportunities for student learning.
McKay Scholarship is accepted towards the tuition total.
Admissions Director
Lizzie Bicknell
School Notes
What is The DIR/Floortime Model
TheDevelopmental,Individual
Difference,Relationship-based (DIR/Floortime) Modelis a
framework that helps clinicians, parents and educators conduct a
comprehensive assessment and develop an intervention program
tailored to the unique challenges and strengths of children with
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and other developmental challenges.
The objectives of theDIR/FloortimeModel are to build
healthy foundations for social, emotional, and intellectual
capacities rather than focusing on isolated skills and behaviors.
Our best outcome measure, however, is what our families notice
most.When a child is happy and engaged, they are best
able to learn!
The aim of our program is to produce children who:
Are well-regulated
Have healthy relationships
Have good self-esteem and positive experience in a school
environment
Have a strong sense of self and are able to function
independently
Are in touch with their emotions
Are independent thinkers and problem-solvers
Are prepared emotionally, socially, behaviorally, and
academically for less restrictive environments
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