• Social skills development using a combination of stories, modeling, and role play
• Ongoing assessment and instruction by intervention specialists and/or general education teachers capable of administering state testing
• Access to licensed social workers whose primary functions are to assess the mental health needs of each student and develop comprehensive, individualized plans of care to address complex needs, and restore social skills and daily functioning. In addition, they support the family unit by providing
• Counseling and parent training for disruptive behavior
• Care coordination support
• Day treatment for people who have co-occurring autism and behavioral health needs. These special treatments help address complex needs by providing behavioral interventions using evidence-based techniques to develop and restore social skills and daily functioning
• Adaptive-skill building
• Problem-behavior reduction

Boundless is proud to offer Reciprocal Imitation Training (RIT) as part of our regular curriculum. RIT is an evidence-based program to teach imitation and other early social communication skills to young children with autism within a play-based context.

RIT combines evidence-based strategies from multiple approaches into a single program.

• Developmental strategies, such as those used in the P.L.A.Y. Project
• Behavioral strategies, such as those used in ABA
• Teaching within natural settings, such as play and daily routines

Parents interested in using RIT strategies at home with their child will receive a manual that includes detailed descriptions and examples and one-on-one coaching to implement the RIT strategies.

Stepping Forward

Our Stepping Forward program focuses on building a seamless pathway to supported employment and community living. The program enhances life skill development, academics, and community inclusion while decreasing the dependency on adult support. Students in the Stepping Forward program range from school age to early adulthood and are divided by age and grade within the different classrooms.

Social Opportunity & Academic Readiness (SOAR)

SOAR develops academic, social, and vocational skills within a group structure for eventual transition to a less restrictive educational setting or move to supportive employment. Each student has access to the traditional educational teaching standards focusing on increasing reading comprehension, applying math concepts, and acquiring science and social studies content through projects and thematic activities. Students in the SOAR program range from preschool age to early adulthood and are divided by age and grade within the different classrooms.

Stepping Up

Our Stepping Up program helps school-aged students return to stable functioning and learning environments within a less restrictive setting. Targeted outcomes include an eighty percent reduction in aggression, self-injury, and other disruptive behavior in addition to an eighty percent increase in functional replacement behaviors and coping strategies. Due to the severity of challenging behavior, students will be staffed appropriately to maintain health and safety for all.

Early Language Models (ELM)

ELM supports students with autism who are early identified. Each student receives targeted instruction that recognize their developmental level and areas of deficits, while also focusing on long-term outcomes. Quality early intervention services can change a student’s developmental trajectory and improve outcomes. ELM supports students in need of either intensive services or less intensive services within a group setting.

Our Newark center-based program serves students from preschool through early adulthood who require intensive services or less intensive services in a small group setting.

Our curriculum emphasizes communication skills, play and leisure skills, daily living skills, independent work skills, reading comprehension, and applied math concepts. Students are also exposed to science and social studies content through projects and thematic activities. Each classroom has a special focus: preparing for post-secondary independence, developing functional skills, and general academic skills in a group setting.

All students receive bi-annual grade cards and quarterly progress reports. High school students receive a transcript of their coursework. Limited space is available for students who require intensive behavioral intervention prior to joining peers in a group environment.