61 Educators Awarded for 2016/17!

  • 30 November 2016

We'd like to thank all of the educators that applied for educational materials that could help their students with autism. For 2016/17, we are pleased to be awarding 61 educators from across 16 different school districts.

NFAR Teacher's Grants 2016/17 School Year
District School Name Grades Taught Project Title
Cajon Valley Union School District Rancho San Diego Elementary Preschool Pathway to Play!
Chula Vista Unified School District Veterans K-6 Supporting Sensory Processing in Students with Autism
  Veterans Elementary K-6 Social Skills Training with Peers
Dehesa School District Dehesa School K-8 Social Skills
Encinitas Union School District Olivenhain Pioneer Elementary Kindergarten to 6th grade. General education students & Special Day Class students Pragmatics/Social Skills, Expressive Language, Receptive Language
  Paul Ecke Central Elementary School K-6 Pragmatic Activities and Resources
Fallbrook Union Elementary School District Fallbrook Union Elementary School District Kinder,1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Tools and training for effective social skills therapy
  La Paloma Preschool to 8th grade Social Skill Groups
  Maie Ellis Elementary PK-6 Language Activities to build social skills and functional vocabulary
  San Onofre School Current students in grades 2-4 Social Emotional Learning
  William H Frazier Elementary School 3,4,5,6 Life Skills: Coffee and Snack Cart
Grossmont Union High School District Steele Canyon Charter High School 9-12 Full Access for All
  Valhalla High School Transition Shoebox Tasks
La Mesa - Spring Valley School District La Mesa Arts Academy 4/5/6 Books for Literacy
Lakeside Union School District Lakeside Farms 2nd/3rd Reading Comprehension
  Lakeside Farms Elementary School TK/K/1 Hands On Math Learning
  Lakeview Elementary School Kindergarten -5th grade Enhancing education of our students with Autism
Mountain Empire Unified School District Mountain Empire Adult Transition Program Adult Transition Garden to Table
National School District Central Elementary School PK-6 Social Thinking and Pragmatics
  Lincoln Acres PS-6 Accurately Assessing and Treating Social Skill Deficits in the School Setting
NPS (Non-public school) Alexa's PLAYC Prek Gardening for Growth: Building Healthy Lifestyles for Young Children with Autism
  Banyan Tree Foundation Academy Elementary-High school Social Thinking to Promote Communication
  Banyan Tree Foundations Academy Secondary Get a Plan, Get a Job, Get a Life
  Museum School k-5 Math Program
  Stein Education Center K-12 Meditation Cubby
  The Country School, TERI, INC. 3-12 Unique Learning System
Poway Unified School District Adobe Bluffs Preschool Meeting them where they are at through Frog Street Press
  Chaparral Elementary PK-5 Unique Learning System
  Creekside Elementary TK-5th Social Thinking and Therapy Tools
  Deer Canyon Elementary Preschool Cooperative Learning and Visual Structure
  Garden Road Elementary School Preschool-5 ASD Unlocking Language
  Los Penasquitos Elementary PreK-5th Developing Narrative Language Skills and Perspective Taking
  Painted Rock Elementary School preschool -fifth Social Thinking and Being Flexible in School
  Painted Rock Elementary School Tk-2 Social Thinking
  Park Village Elementary pre-k through 5th grade Sensory Motor Supports for Prewriting Skill Development
  Park Village Elementary Prek-5 Social Thinking in the Early Years Part 2
  Park Village Elementary pre-k Social Thinking for early child development
  Turtleback Elementary 2nd and 3rd Social Thinking for students with Autism
  Turtleback Elementary TK,K,1st Social Skills Strastegies
  Turtleback Elementary TK-5 Improving social behavior of special education students in the elementary classroom
  Valley Elementary Pre-Kindergarten ASD Let's Play!
  Westwood 2nd and 3rd Social Thinking
  Westwood Elementary 3-5 Reading Fluency and Phonics
  Westwood Elementary pk-5th Conversation helps you feel connected to others!
Ramona Unified School District Olive Pierce Middle School 6-8 Student Garden
San Diego Unified School District Carver Elementary Early Childhood Functional and Sensory Seating
  Carver Elementary School Preschool-5th grade Interventions and Supports for Social and Language Learning
  Central Elementary pre-k Interactive Technology
  Euclid k-5 Boardmaker Student Center
  High Tech Middle Media Arts 6,7,8 Ready Aim, Meditate
  Memorial Scholars and Athletes; Correia Middle 6-8 Communication Enhancement
  San Marcos Elementary TK-5 Social Thinking
  Serra High School 9-12 Cash registers for skills  lab
  Serra High School 9-12 Healthy Relationships, Being People SMART
  University City High school 9-12th Circles Curriculum
South Bay Unified School District Nicoloff Elementary School PK-6 communication development
  Sunny Slope Elementary Kinder - 6th grade Language Interventions that support Literacy
  VIP Village Preschool iPad/Proloquo2Go
  VIP Village Preschool Preschool (plus K-8 as AT specialist) Time to Read, Time to Talk!
Sweetwater Union High School District East Hills Academy Moderate Transition Cooking Curriculum & Tools