ACT Franklin on BrightStone’s campus is now open and accepting applications for our day program.
Day Program
Autism Career Training offers a highly individualized, all-day program designed to build skills across six key domains:
- Social Skills: Building relationships, navigating groups, and increasing connection, safety, and community access.
- Communication Skills: Expressing needs, understanding others, and strengthening relationships and self-representation.
- Independent Living Skills: Daily routines and self-care to foster independence and autonomy.
- Living in My Community: Navigating and participating in the community to promote social inclusion and confidence.
- Prevocational Skills: Preparing for work or volunteering to support meaningful employment and workplace stamina.
- Self-Advocacy & Regulation: Decision-making and emotional regulation to encourage empowered, balanced, and resilient living.
Instruction is tailored to each trainee’s abilities, family goals, and vocational aspirations. The program runs five days per week, with attendance options from two to five days. Tuition varies based on the chosen schedule.
Program Eligibility:
Participants need to be able to follow simple one-step directions (verbal or visual), adhere to safety protocols set forth by ACT, use conventional strategies to communicate their needs and wants, and have no previous history or incidences of elopement, property destruction, or physical aggression towards self or others. Those that need support in the areas outlined above, do not meet eligibility criteria for this program.
| Domain | Main Focus | Long-Term Benefit |
|---|---|---|
|
Social Skills Communication Skills Independent Living Skills Living in My Community Prevocational Skills Self-Advocacy/Regulation |
Building relationships, navigating groups Expressing needs and understanding others Daily routines and self-care Community navigation and involvement Readiness for work or volunteering Decision-making and emotional/behavioral regulation |
Greater connection, safety, and community access Stronger relationships and self-representation Independence and autonomy for the future Social inclusion and confidence outside the home Meaningful employment and increased workplace stamina Empowered, balanced, and resilient living |