Programs

The Blue Horizons Program allows ATPF children and families the opportunity to practice safe travel by going through the airport check in system, security lines and boarding onto an airplane.

Our Book Club (formerly the Typers Social Club) provides a safe and supportive environment to create and strengthen social connections between individuals who type to communicate, individuals who support them and community allies through a shared love of reading!.

Bridge to the Beach is an immersive summer program that gives children with autism and their families the opportunity to spend time at the beach in a safe, structured, and exciting way.

ATPF's Food, Farming & Nutrition Program promotes healthy living and eating by changing the way kids and young adults on the spectrum and their families relate to their food, to the earth and to the world around them.

Heart and Hooves Therapy workshops are geared towards children, teens and families with ASD and is a different way to work on communication skills, 1-2 step instruction, transition, independent tasks, responsibility, courage, respect, patience, focus, listening, teamwork, confidence as well as sensory issues with different textures, smells and sounds.

The ATPF LEGO Therapy Program provides parents, children with ASD, and siblings an opportunity to interact in an innovative and meaningful way.

The PLNU Soccer Player Mentor Program is in partnership with the Point Loma Nazarene University Mens Soccer Team, where players are paired one-on-one with ATPF children and their siblings for fun soccer activity days and pizza parties in the Spring and Fall.

The USD Athletics Mentor Programs pairs individuals with autism and their siblings with University of San Diego Football & Baseball Players for one-on-one mentoring and relationship building. ATPF families are invited to attend and cheer on the USD Toreros at home games throughout the season.