Temple Judea Preschool created the SAIL Program in partnership with Butterfly Effects
to meet the unique needs of students with special learning and social-emotional
needs. The Program provides the student with the best of both worlds. It gives them
the opportunity to learn new skills and address behavioral concerns in an intense small
classroom setting while maintaining exposure to daily activities in the mainstream
classroom for generalization of learned skills.
The program’s structure provides an opportunity for Program staff to assess student
readiness for the mainstream environment on a daily basis. Communication,
social/emotional, and learning readiness skills are taught through a variety of
methodologies founded in the principals of Applied Behavioral Analysis, Occupational
Therapy, and Speech and Language Pathology.
What makes the SAIL Program unique?
• The inclusion program occurs in a small classroom setting within a mainstream school.
• Enrollment is based on a 5 session system verses yearly tuition contract to continually
assess the student’s need for program placement.
• The program maintains a maximum of 1:2, teacher to student ratio at all times to allow
for intensive instruction and program individualization.
• Each students program is overseen by a Board Certified Behavioral Analyst™ who
prepares indivi dualized education and intervention plans to address each child’s needs.
• Students receive group consults by Speech-Language Pathologists and Occupational
Therapists to address additional language, pragmatic, motor, and sensory processing
concerns.
• The Butterfly Effects Web based interactive platform allows parents to monitor and
participate in the child’s progress through daily progress reports and classroom videos.
• Program updates are made weekly and transition meetings held monthly with caregivers
and the SAIL Program team to assess student readiness for the mainstream classroom.
How does the SAIL Program work?
Each student’s program is individualized in both their goals and implementation.
Depending on the level learner or complexity of skill being taught, goals may first be
addressed in a therapeutic, 1:1 or 1:2 setting. Once data demonstrates the skill is
mastered there, teachers will then shift their focus to generalizing it through instruction
in the mainstream setting. Our students’ rate of success is made possible by the daily
data collection guiding instructional decision making, generalization of skills through
inclusion activities, and a multi-disciplinary team approach to treatment. This ensures
that no time is wasted and each student reaches his or her fullest potential as quickly
as possible.
What child is appropriate for the SAIL Program?
Students accepted into the program are ages 2 to 6 years and are currently unable to
maintain in a mainstream classroom setting without support. Students typically display
one/more of the following concerns: high frequency and/or intensity problematic
behavior/s, social skills deficits, and/or communication/language delays.
How are parents involved in the SAIL Program?
The SAIL Program is different from other programs in that we put the tools for change
in the parent’s hands. We require that parents come to us with the desire to implement
change into their own homes as well as a commitment to see it through. In addition to
daily participation through the interactive platform, caregivers are required to come and
participate in program instruction to ensure that skills are being generalized outside
of the school environment.
Do you think your child would benefit?
Set an appointment to come and tour The SAIL Program and complete an admissions
application to determine eligibility to program.
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