AIDB RISE Autism

10/01/2025

ABA Therapy Outside the Classroom!

Student Rylan Schmidt and RBT Jordan Clifton took their learning session outdoors to enjoy the beautiful weather. Rylan practiced transitioning skills by working in a new environment with natural
distractions—an important step in learning to adapt anywhere.

He also focused on improving his handwriting and, impressively, even asked to keep working during his reinforcer time. During reinforcer time, Rylan loved exploring the concept of BIG vs. small while playing with a ball that grew larger and smaller—proving that learning can be just as fun as it is meaningful!

Every day is a new opportunity to grow, learn, and discover—inside or outside the classroom.

09/20/2025

A huge thank you to the Huntsville Museum of Art for hosting our RISE Together Preschoolers today! What a fun adventure it was! The kids had an absolute blast diving into a world of textures, colors, and patterns during our cave wall art craft activity. You could see their excitement, and they absolutely loved every moment!

09/19/2025

RISE Autism teamed up with ASB's School Counselor and Adjustment Specialist to kick off our Empowering Kids Social Skills Group for ASB high school students. Today's session was all about cultivating the art of waiting patiently. The students engaged in fun discussions and activities that highlighted the importance of slowing down and practicing patience (with themselves and others), rather than always hurrying through life. It was a great way to connect and grow together.

09/18/2025

✨🦷 A HUGE shoutout to the amazing Mrs. Lee Wood, AIDB Dental Hygienist, for visiting our RISE Together Preschool program in Decatur today! The kids had an absolute blast learning all about the importance of keeping their teeth healthy. Not only did she read a super fun story to prepare them for their first-ever dental visit, but they also got to show off their awesome brushing skills! What a great day filled with smiles and learning! ✨😁

08/22/2025

Our RISE Together Preschoolers have been hard at work! They had an absolute blast using Play-Doh to sculpt colorful letters! To top it off, they created the cutest brown bear art using puff paint, perfectly paired with the story for the month, "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" 🐻🎨📖

08/20/2025

We are absolutely thrilled to welcome our students back! We have thoroughly enjoyed our first week back - it's been such a joy to reunite and dive back into our routine filled with fun and learning. Seeing how much our students have grown over the break is truly amazing, and we can't wait to witness their continued growth and success this school year. We're ready to make it an unforgettable year together!

07/29/2025

Camp RISE 2025 has officially taken flight, and our students are diving into the theme "Imagine the Places You'll Go!" A huge shout-out to Imagination Place, Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum, and Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum for welcoming our campers this year. Just look at the smiles on their faces—they are having an absolute blast! The adventure has just begun!

05/14/2025

🌱 SPROUT Parent Training Workshop – Update 🌱

We want to let everyone know that the upcoming SPROUT Parent Training Workshop has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.

💬 Good news: We’re already working on offering new parent training opportunities in the near future. We’re committed to continuing to provide helpful resources and support.

👉 Be sure to follow our page so you don’t miss upcoming events and updates!

If you have any questions or would like to be added to a list for future sessions, feel free to message us directly.
We appreciate your interest and hope to see you at a future event! 🤟🏼

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05/06/2025

Our Strong Parents Reaching Out, Uniting Together (SPROUT) conference is coming up very soon!

To register, scan the QR code on the flyer!

03/05/2025

RISE Together Preschool has had a successful first few weeks. Our teachers and mentors are hard at work taking care of all of our precious kiddos!

Pictured are RISE Staff Katelyn Peoples and Deandre Roach with one of our lovely students!

01/20/2025

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01/08/2025

The AIDB Office of Information Technology was alerted on, January 7, 2025, that on December 28, 2024, PowerSchool, the student information system used by the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind as required by the Alabama State Department of Education, became aware of a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to K-12 staff and student data.

At this time, PowerSchool has confirmed the stolen data primarily contains contact details such as names and addresses.

PowerSchool is confident that the incident is contained and has no evidence of additional malware or continued unauthorized activity in the PowerSchool system. PowerSchool does not anticipate the data being shared or made public and believes it has been deleted without any further replication or dissemination.

If you have any questions, please contact support.sis@aidb.org.

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