South Florida Autism Charter School

SFACS is the most amazing and most appropriate school for my child. I am a Special Education Advocate and I have seen all types of school. I have seen my son improve in all areas but particularly in behavior and language. The staff is amazing, loving, and supportive. I love that the parents have to be involved and have to participate in trainings. We all work as a team for the children and that is what this is all about! The last 2 years have been awesome and I look forward to his future at SFACS! I know he is in the best possible place. I drive from another county and my other children attend different schools. We have had to make several sacrifices but they are all well worth it! I love SFACS!!!! It is one of the best in the area!
--Submitted by a parent

The principal has a degree in psychology and her educational administration experience is extremely lacking. The students, in my opinion, are treated as if they are second class citizens. By that, I mean that they use the ABA strategy name to mask certain techniques that seem barbaric and they play mind games with the children instead of getting to the root of their behavior issues to really make positive changes. I was extremely disappointed in the way they were treated. If you did not agree with using maneuvers, questionable tactics, and watered down, repetitive activities that did not strengthen their academic skills, you were hated, threatened, and manipulated into wanting to leave. There was not academic curriculum, the teachers all found their own material from which to teach to the best of their abilities, and the whole experience was just unprofessional and left me feeling like the children have not advocate.
--Submitted by a teacher