Soaring Eagle Academy

About Soaring Eagle Academy

Soaring Eagle Academy offers a new look at children with Autism and related disorders as individuals with great potential for interacting, communicating and thinking. As the only school to integrate Developmental Language Models and DIR®/Floortime principles, for students ages 3 through 21 years old, within a nurturing social and academic environment that embraces the “whole child” supporting their individual differences and learning styles, while wooing each child into engaging interaction and meaningful learning, we believe that when students comprehend and their intentions and actions are truly understood, amazing development unfolds and students soar to higher levels of learning! Our Mission To provide an academic and social learning environment for students with special needs that supports their individual strengths and learning styles and integrates learning and interaction within Developmental Language Models and Developmental Individual-Difference Relationship (DIR®) based approach principles. Statement of Core Values Soaring Eagle Academy believes that students with Autism and related disorders have great potential for interacting, communicating, thinking and learning. Our Vision Soaring Eagle Academy is a safe and nurturing environment where each student and family, teacher and therapist, and other professionals from the community have the opportunity to work together to honor the abilities of the child. Together we respect, embrace and empower students as we guide, learn and teach. Students are cared for physically, intellectually, socially and emotionally while engaged in meaningful learning. Our learning environment reflects the unique interests of each child by integrating their thoughts and ideas into the educational curriculum to nurture their joy for learning. Student’s need for emotional support is recognized and supported for maximum learning. Spontaneous, developmentally appropriate interactions are facilitated throughout the day. Student-directed learning is supported and expanded by the school staff. Learning experiences support sensory/motor, auditory and visual-spatial skill development. Semi-structured problem solving experiences are facilitated and supported in both academic and social situations. Our school philosophy and methodology reflect a Developmental Language Model implementing principles of the Developmental Individual-Difference Relationship (DIR®) based approach, by which students move through developmental levels for relating, communicating, thinking and learning. Student’s educational goals incorporate the student’s developmental levels, individual learning/sensory profile and Illinois Learning Standards.