At Stepping Stones, we emphasis on acquiring new and appropriate behaviors. The Purpose of the program is to teach these children how to learn through acquiring academic, language, social and appropriate behavioral skills. Behavioral methods enhance learning not only by teaching the child but also by replacing challenging behaviors with more appropriate ones. The child's success is closely monitored by detailed data collection. Skills that have been mastered are placed on maintenance so that the child does not regress in those skills as new skills are introduced. A maintenance schedule is created to allow for periodic revisiting of learned skills to keep them fresh while the day-to-day progression of new skills continues.