Based on the principles of ABA therapy, and adapted for the classroom, Language Builder: Academic Readiness Intervention System ... or ARIS for short... takes the trusted Language Builder Picture Card sets with 3D manipulatives, and wraps them into a full curriculum with detailed lesson plans, black-line masters for various activity sheets, a system for record keeping, a behavior management system, and custom home communication forms, for the most complete Early Autism Education curriculum available today.

The Language Builder ARIS program is anchored in the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), and adapted to be easily implemented by educators without formal ABA training. Learn more about the full ARIS Curriculum here.

The lessons in ARIS follow a standards-based learning progression created by correlating to:

• Common Core Standards
• Head Start Framework
• ABLLS
• VB-MAPP

ARIS lets educators adapt the lessons to individual students and to a variety of learning environments, while ensuring that there are no gaps in the student’s progress toward academic readiness.

ARIS Stages 1 includes 93 lesson folders covering content from 6 areas: 

• Approaches to Learning
• Language
• Functional Routines
• Social Skills
• Motor Skills 
• Math Readiness

Stage 1 activities cover skills such as:

• Pairing & Accepting Reinforcers
• Ready to Learn Lessons
• Identical & Similar Matching
• Receptive & Expressive Labeling Practice
• Self Help Skills
• Gross & Fine Motor
• Early Tracing, Drawing & Coloring
• Social & Play Skills
• and much more....

ARIS Stage 1 Box includes:

• Sturdy Work-from Box
• Scope & Sequence Wall Posters with Standards Correlations
• 93 Lesson Folders
• 250+ Page Implementation Guide
• Black-line Masters for Activity Sheets, Data Keeping, Behavior Management & Home Communication

ARIS Lessons specifically reference Language Builder Cards and Manipulatives, offering detailed instructions on how to best utilize the materials.