Curriculum

The curriculum for the school has been adapted from several published functional curriculums focusing on all areas of daily living including:

• Applied Academics
• Life Skills
• Vocational Curriculum
• Technology
• Therapy Program
• Special Olympics

After School Enrichment Program

Heart of Hope Academy incorporates this curriculum through carefully selected and designed “centers” within the facility.

• Art
• Fitness Circuit
• Therapeutic Writing
• Recreational Swimming
• "Next Step Up" Riding Lessons
• Tennis

The Children are educated using a developmental approach considering each child from three different vantage points:

1. The unique level of functioning in and adaptation to the environment

2. The level of function that reasonably can be expected at the child’s level of development

3. The age-specific challenges and vulnerabilities to which the child is subject