Kim Yaeger began her journey with Down syndrome as an educational assistant for a young student with Down syndrome.  Since students with Down syndrome have a unique learning style, Kim wanted to better understand his learning profile so she could help him be successful in school.  After extensively researching Down syndrome, Kim developed a program, and began Little Leaf’s early intervention program with 2 students in a small spare bedroom.  In the past 6 years,  Kim has attended numerous trainings and accreditations to become a leading expert in Down syndrome.  She possesses substantial knowledge of all the programs implemented at Little Leaf including:

• See and Learn

• Kauffman Speech to Language Protocol

• Talk Tools

• Dinocave Kids

• Imitation Station

• Down syndrome Foundation of Orange County books

• Read it Once Again

• Preschool Prep

• Vocabulary Builders

• Applied Behavior Analysis

• Discrete Trial Teaching

• Rethink Autism

• Reading Mastery

• Handwriting Without Tears

• Numicon

• Investigations