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Alternative Education Foundation opens schools, holds conferences, hosts workshops, conducts research projects, and raises funds to assist in generating education and support groups for social skill development, academic advancement, and sensory integration for children and adolescents diagnosed with Autistic spectrum Disorders, AD/HD, and Non Verbal Learning Disorders. Alternative Education Foundation is a leading non-profit organization creating lasting changes in the lives of children in the United States and around the world. Many of these children have been diagnosed with Autism, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Asperger's, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Non Verbal Learning Disorder, etc.

These children are average to above average intelligence and are physically normal in appearance. But their learning styles and social communications delineates their need for an alternative teaching program.

Services Develop Support Groups Arrange Exhibitions Organize meetings and conferences Educate Develop Alternative School Programs Promote Public Awareness. Host Seminars, Training Courses, Workshops. Establish and maintain or support multi-disciplinary diagnostic centers and alternative educational programs/schools for the study, research and treatment of individuals with these disorders via direct grants or scholarship programs. Promote optimal methods of helping children acquire the social skills, living skills and learning skills to become well adjusted, self sufficient adults. Promote, encourage, and support the preparation and continued education of professionals and other personnel to ameliorate the impact of these disorders. Support educational and other facilities catering to this specific population by providing equipment, resources, value added services, training of staff members, and sponsoring staff members from around the world to work with this population. Ensure that these children will thrive and that their families and communities have the resources and skills to enable them to do so.