The Thoughtful House Autism Center Since 2010, has run a unique and highly differentiated autism education programme in Abuja that provides children one-on-one behavioural therapy and education (one-teacher to one child in one classroom) using a combination (cocktail) of intervention methods that have proven effective. Our Vision is to become a Center of Excellence in Nigeria and West Africa in providing education and therapy for children on the autism spectrum.
Mainstreaming: Our goal is to guide our children towards independence. For those in our one-on-one program, our aim is to help them transition smoothly into regular mainstream classes. We have successfully integrated many of our students into the mainstream environment at our host school, Creative Learning International School, where both teachers are well-trained, and students are knowledgeable and accepting of differences.
Parent and Sibling Counseling: We provide counseling services designed to support parents and siblings of children with special needs, fostering understanding, resilience, and emotional well-being within the family unit.
Professional Development Services: We offer school and department-based professional development services (In Person/ Virtual ) tailored to equip educators with the tools, strategies, and insights necessary to support diverse learners, including students with special needs.
Customized Individualized Education Plans (IEPs): We specialize in creating Individualized Education Plans designed to meet the unique learning needs of each child.
Our values at the Thoughtful House center include:
- Empathy: we design and deliver our interventions and programmes with a deep sense of empathy and understanding of the realities parents face
- Excellence: we are focused on developing our people, building capacity and ensuring the highest quality in all our intervention programmes.
- Commitment: we are committed to each child and each family we work with giving them the very best in line with our high standards for autism education and therapy.
- Collaboration: we work with all our partners – institutions, individuals and families in a collaborative and transparent manner in pursuit of our core objectives.