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The primary objective of Devereux CARES is to maximize each child's potential in all curricular areas. These include: |
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- Receptive, expressive and written communication social skills
- Personal, domestic and community daily living skills
- Interpersonal relations, play/leisure and coping skills
- Age appropriate (pre-)academic skills
- Fine and gross motor skills
- Vocational skills
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As mentioned, CARES delivers instruction via contemporary strategies consistent with Applied Behavior Analysis. These include but are not limited to: |
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- Individual and small group instruction
- Skills taught in context during natural activities
- Programmed Instruction
- Functional Communication Training (PECS or other augmentative communication systems)
- Pivotal Response Training
- Task Analyses
- Picture Schedules
- Token Economies
- Data-based decision making
- Discrete Trial Training
- Positive Behavior Support Planning
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