Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD®)

CARD® clinicians utilize the comprehensive Skills® curriculum as the foundation for each patient’s treatment program. Skills® has a robust curriculum that covers eight primary areas of skill development, which can be customized to provide each learner with a truly unique and individualized program according to their needs. Its vast library of treatment goals and lessons has been specifically designed by a team of senior clinicians with decades of experience working with the autism population.

The unique Skills® Developing approach empowers professionals and agencies.

Provide Consistent High-Quality Treatment

With 870,000 customizable lessons from basic to advanced, Skills® supports diverse patient needs, links assessments to targeted lessons, enables team collaboration, and is effective for autism, ADHD, and other disorders.

Demonstrate Meaningful Progress

Instant access to progress reports, charts, and graphs, with lessons grounded in decades of scientific research.

Maximize Supervision and Therapy Time

Easy-to-read progress reports, personalized plans that grow with each patient, and tools to quickly find the right lessons, all in one place.

One Stop Resource

Skills® is a one-stop resource for creating and implementing comprehensive, tailored treatment plans. With wide-ranging assessment tools, customizable research-based lessons, and detailed progress – tracking reports, Skills® allows clinicians, teachers, and parents to apply scientifically-proven treatments and interventions, measure their effectiveness, and help individuals with ASD reach their fullest potential.

Skills® is based on over 40 years of ABA research, with a validated assessment and highly reliable language subscale.

Skills® curricula include lessons ranging from basic to advanced in each of the following 8 areas:

  • Language
  • Play
  • Social
  • Cognition
  • Executive Function
  • Adaptive
  • Motor
  • Academic
"Emma is AMAZING!!! She has worked tirelessly to make sure our child has the best care possible. She is simply the best!!"
– Bakersfield Caregiver