OUR APPROACH
POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT
Create a welcoming environment where each child’s individuality is recognized and affirmed.
ROLE MODELS
Serve as role models, exhibiting behaviors that children will want to emulate.
SKILLS
Provide the type of training that will foster independence as well as cooperation with others.
OUR MISSION
Teach martial arts to neurodiverse youth by connecting to their world, inspiring them to move, play and learn together while developing the skills to thrive.
OUR VALUES
– WE BELIEVE –
Every child is unique and has great potential.
Quality and positive experiences lead to long term developmental changes.
Vision, patience, and belief in a child’s abilities are essential for achievement.
Every parent wants to do right by their child.
STUDENT’S PROFILE
There are many skills we help our students to build. Even if we try to cover as many of them during class, each child has their own strengths and challenges. That’s why we focus our attention on the right skill set for each child. We have organized the skills into levels. Each level tends to provide the necessary foundation necessary for the next levels.
Dr. Rick Solomon is the founder of the Play Project Autism early intervention. Principle #4: “Play at the right level” to meet the child where he or she is at developmentally.
LEVEL 1
Interest
Fitness and Agility
Focus
LEVEL 2
Self-Discipline
Self-Awareness
Learning
LEVEL 3
Confidence
Emotional Self-Control
Social
LEVEL 4
Communication
Empathy
Leadership
OUR TEACHING STRATEGY
Coaches follow these four pillars to ensure a productive class.
PLAN
Prior to class, we review each child’s profile to identify their goals, strengths and challenges. Even when following a curriculum, we will still create a fun and personalized lesson for each child.
SET THEM UP FOR SUCCESS
We prepare each child for success by minimizing distractions, communicating the agenda beforehand, and breaking down techniques into small steps.
MAKE IT PLAYFUL
We strive to build a positive relationship with every child. We seek to inspire them by being positive and patient—creating a fun environment where they will allow us into their world.
IMPROVE
We listen to our students—and their parents—and respond by constantly improving our classes. We push each child to reach his full potential, but at his own pace.
RULES AND BEST PRACTICES
COACH
Our commitment is to:
- Maintain a safe and positive environment
- Keep it playful
- Be flexible
- Praise and reinforce desired behaviors
- Ignore when possible undesired behaviors
STUDENT
We expect our students to:
- Be safe
- Have fun
- Be respectful of your teammates and coaches
- Take good care of your gym and its equipment
- Stay on the mat unless instructed otherwise
PARENT
Parents have an important role in their children’s progress. Here are the 5 best practices we recommend our parents to follow:
- Set them up for success
- Stay on the side during class
- Be your child’s #1 supporter
- Talk to us
- Bring them to class consistently
Set them up for success
- Ensure your child gets enough rest
- Arrive for class a little early when possible
- Be enthusiastic and encouraging
Stay on the side during class
- Avoid staring or calling out to your child
- Refrain from coaching your child during or after class.
- Stay in the waiting area unless invited onto the mat.
Be your child’s #1 supporter
- Focus on what they do right
- Initiate discussion on the way home about class and how they feel
- Jiu-Jitsu is hard. Tell them often how proud you are.
Talk to us
- Share with us any comments, concerns and feedback.
- Share with us how your child is doing outside of the gym.
- Ask us any questions.
Bring them to class consistently
- Continuous effort is key to unlocking potential.
