Who We Help

Individuals With Autism

Empowering Children with Autism for Social and Academic Success

Are you searching for specialized support for your child with autism? Many parents struggle to find educational programs that genuinely “get” their child’s needs, leading to frustration and missed opportunities. Our autism center offers tailored solutions to help your child thrive socially, emotionally, and academically. With our autism programs, we focus on developing essential social communication skills, promoting independence, and unlocking your student’s full potential. Let us be your trusted autism learning partners on this journey.

Autism Services
Autism Services
Autism Services
Autism Services

Our Services for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Social Skills Training

Our 14-week Social Learning Program is specifically designed for children, teens, and young adults with autism who struggle with social interactions. We focus on:

  • Recognizing social patterns and cues
  • Learning conversational and friendship building skills
  • Developing flexible thinking and perspective-taking
  • Building emotional security and self-confidence
  • Practicing appropriate social behaviors in various settings

Executive Function Coaching

Our executive function coaching helps individuals with autism develop crucial skills for success in school and daily life. We focus on:

  • Emotional control: Managing thoughts and emotions to achieve goals
  • Understanding and following instructions
  • Time management and organization
  • Task initiation and completion

Academic Tutoring

Our academic tutoring services are designed to help autistic learners achieve their educational goals. We offer:

  • Personalized learning plans tailored to your child’s strengths and challenges
  • Strategies for assignment completion and time management
  • Skill-building in core subjects, focusing on areas of difficulty
  • Techniques to enhance focus and engagement in learning

Brain Training

Our brain training programs target cognitive skills essential for individuals with autism to thrive in academic and daily life settings. We work on:

  • Improving working memory capacity
  • Enhancing attention and focus
  • Developing impulse control
  • Boosting processing speed and cognitive flexibility

Why Choose Frankenberger Associates?

At Frankenberger Associates, we don’t just focus on a diagnosis—we focus on the individual. Our team provides personalized coaching and support that helps people with autism build real-world social, communication, and executive function skills. Every approach is customized to meet the unique strengths and needs of each client.

Trusted by Genius People

Frankenberger Associates has had the privilege of helping thousands of families, schools, and students transform their learning experience.

Frankenberger Associates truly understands the way children interact in the real world. This gives them a unique ability to help children for whom social interactions are difficult. In less than one year of weekly sessions, my child has gained a wealth of knowledge about social skills and behavior and new insight into his own and his peers' situations. He has learned, among many things, to "read a room," to slip in and out of conversation easily, how to ask questions and keep a conversation moving along, how to advocate for himself with others, and how to make and keep friends....

Kiera, Parent

I have had the pleasure of learning from Caryl Frankenberger for almost fifteen years, witnessing firsthand her expertise and unwavering commitment to neurodiverse learners. Caryl has the ability to make complex concepts about learning and cognitive development accessible—a skill I first observed in 2010 during one of her presentations, where she captivated a packed auditorium of educators with ease. Her work has left a lasting impact on me and countless others, empowering students, families, and professionals with the tools and understanding they need to thrive in their strengths.

Aria Carter, Director of Admissions, Greenwood School

I wish I found this Social Skills program earlier, but my son and I are both so grateful to be here now. Everyone at Frankenberger Associates has been completely amazing! Their process of utilizing real life actionable teaching has been life changing. There truly is nothing more rewarding than seeing your child “understand” the value of friendships and having the tools to help him utilize them in real tangible step by step guides. I would highly recommend them to anyone!

Traci, Parent

My student, while a relatively new client of Frankenberger Associates, is already finding work with his coach to be helpful and effective.

Joan Wittan, College Consulting Collaborative

This 6-module online certificate course is the best training I have ever participated in. As an IEC who provides high school and college consulting for students who have specific learning, cognitive and/or developmental challenges, the course deepened my understanding of learning challenges, and my ability to read and interpret evaluations. I developed new questioning techniques to discern my students' learning strengths, average abilities, and challenges. I watched videos and read the supplemental articles on my own timeline, there was no pressure. Quite simply, this course was a game changer for me and I think it will be the same for...

Amy J. Brown, M.Ed. and Independent Educational Consultant, Educational Transitions Consulting

The workshops that Frankenberger Associates have provided to our entire faculty and individual teachers has strengthened the professional skills and knowledge of the educators at Woodhall. Connecting theory and practice with an appealing mix of lucidity and common sense, Caryl and her colleagues engaged with our school community in a way that is accessible and applicable.

Matthew Woodhall, Head of School, Woodhall School

I wish I found this program earlier. My son and I are both so grateful to be here now. Everyone at Frankenberger Associates has been completely amazing! Their process utilizing real life actionable teaching has been life changing! There truly is nothing more rewarding than seeing your child “understand” the value of friendships and then to have the tools in real tangible step by step guides. I highly recommend Frankenberger Associates to anyone with a child struggling to figure out their social world.

Parent

I am so happy I took the 6 module Understanding Diverse Learning Profile course. I am an Executive Assistant working at Frankenberger Associates and I wanted to take the course to better understand FA’s services. The course was outstanding. From the perspective of someone who is a parent, and not an educator, I gained an enormous amount of knowledge about executive functioning, social skills, evaluation and brain training. I learned about the intricacies of understanding student learning profiles and I loved the videos about working memory, processing speed, ADHD and Dyslexia. Learning about the brain was fascinating and I left...

Jane Frankenberger, Frankenberger Associates

The combination of brain training and executive functioning support that Frankenberger Associates and Oxford Academy have collaborated on over the years has always been a resounding success. Caryl and her team are experts in helping students see major improvements in focus, organization, and memory, making daily tasks and long-term goals feel so much more manageable. I can’t recommend them enough for anyone wanting to strengthen cognitive skills and executive functioning!

Phil Cocchiola, Head of School, Oxford Academy

My child received a 5 on her AP Gov’t exam! She is beyond excited and so am I. It’s been a journey and you were instrumental in getting her through that class. Your services have been invaluable!

Parent of a High School Graduate