PACE: Pacific Autism Center for Education
Our Mission at PACE is to provide high quality programs for individuals with autism /developmental disabilities, so they may experience the satisfaction and fulfillment that accompany learning, self expression, self-care, productive work and interpersonal and community experiences. PACE provides for the educational and residential needs of individuals with autism and other developmental disorders.
Faces is PACE’s behavioral program, serving clients throughout the Peninsula and South Bay. Founded by parents in 1995, Faces merged with PACE in 2011. Our mission is to enable children with autism to reach their full potential through early intervention therapy based on the science of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). In addition, we offer K-8 school support and resources, and parent consultation and training. Faces serves children and not adolscents and adults, typically fading services by age 12
PACE School Overview
PACE School is a non-profit, non-public school, certified by the California Department of Education and accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. PACE School serves students ages 6-22 who live with moderate to severe Autism, with a specific emphasis on non-verbal students and those with especially challenging behaviors and communication disorders.
PACE Residential Services:
Residential Overview
PACE owns and operates two children homes and four adult group homes licensed to serve residents from 6 to 59 years of age. PACE offers services and activities that give these individuals opportunities to live productive lives within the community. Programs include personal management, community participation, and recreation/leisure activities.
Our Six Homes
The clients residing in our homes are individuals with Autism and related developmental disabilities who, for a variety of reasons, can no longer live in their family homes. Each group home houses six individuals and is supervised by an Administrator and a House manager who is assisted by a team of trained staff members, 24/7, 365 days a year.
- Lamar House – Sunnyvale, CA
- Mahalo House – San Jose, CA
- Matranga House – San Jose, CA
- Meadows House – Sunnyvale, CA
- Miracle House- Cupertino, CA
- Morehouse – Cupertino, CA
Additional programs:
Porchlight On-Line Learning
Project Porchlight is a series of free-access internet training modules designed to provide parent and caregivers with solutions for behavioral therapy to implement at home. Each module is a short demonstration course, showing theory and hands-on instructions, and giving parents and caregivers specific and concrete examples of behavior modifications. Our aim with this project is to provide parents with a useful resource that can be accessed 24/7, when they need it most. http://porchlighteducation.org
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