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Carmen B Pingree Autism Center of Learning

Offers an intensive learning experience for the student with autism, based on years of experience, research, and monitoring by staff who have expertise in autism and related developmental delay assessments. Offers speech therapy, special preschools, elementary schools, and health/disability related volunteer opportunities.

Description:

Each classroom has 10 students and is supported by 5 staff members and thus offers a 2:1 student to staff ratio. This enriched staffing ratio allows for intensive and individualized programming, high rates of attention and reinforcement, and trial by trial data collection to monitor progress.

Eligibility:
Children age 2-5 with an autism diagnosis.
Service Hours:
M - Th 8 am - 2:30 pm; F 8 am - 12 noon
Intake Procedure:
Walk in, email, or call.
Fees:
Accepts Medicaid, private insurance, and individual payment on a sliding fee scale based on income. Scholarships available.
Counties Served:

Description:

Provides speech and language therapy services designed for the integration into normal classes.

Eligibility:
Children preschool - sixth grade with an autism diagnosis.
Service Hours:
M - Th 7:30 am - 5:30 pm; F 7:30 am - 2 pm
Intake Procedure:
Walk in, email, or call.
Fees:
Accepts medicaid, private insurance, and individual payment on a sliding fee scale based on income; scholarships available.
Counties Served:

Description:

Stand alone assessments are available to anyone seeking a diagnostic assessment. Does not have to be enrolled in other services.

Eligibility:
Any individual or parent seeking a diagnostic assessment. If family is not in Salt Lake area, they can get creative and make something work for parents farther away.
Service Hours:
M - Th 7:30 am - 5:30 pm; F 7:30 am - 2 pm
Intake Procedure:
Call or visit website.
Fees:
$700, covered by medicaid.
Counties Served:

Description:

Offers support in providing ABA therapy interventions for children at home using ReThink. Includes a half day orientation, weekly meeting with autism specialist, monthly therapy session, and monthly mulit-family meeting at the center.

Eligibility:
Children preschool-sixth grade with an autism diagnosis for school.
Service Hours:
M - Th 7:30 am - 5:30 pm; F 7:30 am - 2 pm
Intake Procedure:
Call the center to be placed on the wait list and receive intake packet.
Fees:
School accepts medicaid and individual payment on a sliding fee scale based on income; scholarships available.
Counties Served:

Description:

Seeking volunteers for programs, community projects, and events.

Eligibility:
All volunteers must be at least 18 years of age and must annually complete and clear a background screening and drug test.
Service Hours:
M - Th 7:30 am - 5:30 pm; F 7:30 am - 2 pm
Intake Procedure:
Walk in, email, or call.
Fees:
No cost
Counties Served:

Description:

Follows the general Pingree curriculum, programming based on Rethink Autism and functional life skills. Following the USOE guidelines, academic rotations in math, reading, and language are incorporated for those children who require structured academic groups. Some individualized programs might focus on academic skills in a functional manner such as using calculators for math in a grocery setting, color identification for sorting laundry, and matching fractions to measuring cups for independent cooking. Target staff to student ratio is 2:1, however, more group presentation instruction may be utilized to enhance peer to peer learning, relations, and social development. Learning sessions are scheduled for 45 minutes each for the majority of the day.

Eligibility:
Children preschool - sixth grade with an autism diagnosis.
Service Hours:
M - Th 8:30 am - 3:30 pm; F 8 am - 12 noon
Intake Procedure:
Walk in or call.
Fees:
Accepts Medicaid, private insurance, and individual payment on a sliding fee scale based on income. Scholarships available.
Counties Served:
  • Davis

  • Tooele

  • Summit

  • Salt Lake

  • Tooele

  • Salt Lake

  • Davis

  • Summit

  • Summit

  • Tooele

  • Davis

  • Salt Lake

  • Salt Lake

  • Davis

  • Summit

  • Tooele

  • Tooele

  • Salt Lake

  • Davis

  • Summit

  • Tooele

  • Summit

  • Salt Lake

  • Davis