Bat Mitzvah Project Benefits Palm Beach School for Autism

July 1, 2010 - PRLog -- When Rachel Katzin, of B’nai Torah Congregation in Boca Raton, had to choose a community service project for her Bat Mitzvah, she thought back to how her grandmother, Vera Isaacs, always helped people.  “I wanted to honor my grandmother at such an important time in my life,” said Rachel Katzin. “She taught me the value of giving back, and this was a great way to help out my community.”

Rachel chose to make decorative pillows for the students at The Palm Beach School for Autism.  At Rachel’s Bat-mitzvah party, there were tables set-up with the necessary materials to construct the pillows.  This was a creative way to involve her friends in giving back to the community and to reinforce the lessons she learned from her grandmother.

The Palm Beach School for Autism, a charter school located in Lantana, Florida provides a developmentally appropriate intense behavior intervention program for children with autism and related disabilities.  Beginning in the 2010/2011 school year, The Palm Beach School for Autism will be increasing its enrollment from 92 students to over 150.  The School will be opening two new preschool, three new elementary school and two new middle school classrooms.

With the rates of autism being 1 in 91 children, there is an ever growing need to provide the educational and behavioral services The Palm Beach School for Autism has available to those in Palm Beach County.  The Palm Beach School for Autism addresses the learning needs of its students through individual educational plans, a highly trained teaching staff and choice of curricula to suite the individual needs of the student.  

For more information contact Josh Hirsch at (561) 533-9917, x233 or visit www.pbsfa.org

Photo From L to R: Sarah Katzin, Rachel Katzin, and two students from The Palm Beach School for Autism

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About The Palm Beach School for Autism:
The mission of The Palm Beach School for Autism is to provide a developmentally appropriate intense behavior intervention program for children with autism spectrum disorder and related disabilities.

The vision and purpose of The Palm Beach School for Autism is to demonstrate that all age children with autism can learn at high levels through a structured academic program based upon the principles of applied behavior analysis.

We address the learning needs of the students that we serve through individual educational plans, a highly trained teaching staff and the choice of curricula to suit the individual needs of the student. Each student’s program will be designed with their unique behavioral traits in mind to overcome their cognitive weaknesses and emphasize their strengths. Behavioral modification is critical to reach academic success for the child with autism spectrum disorder.