EXTRAORDINARY LEARNING FOUNDATION (ELF) PROGAM™ is a systematic, early intervention treatment program that incorporates the principles of
- emergent literacy,
- phonemic awareness,
- phonics,
- joint-attention,
- writing,
- sound production,
- receptive and expressive vocabulary,
- early executive function skills
toward the enhancement of social-communication.
The ELF Program uses established routines, manual signing, picture exchange, and oral-motor training.
ELF Program is a brain-based, child development, multi-sensory, literacy-language-communication based approach to learning. Our quotation, “Play is the Brain’s Way of Learning,” expresses the true essence of the ELF model.
Developed by Thomas L. Layton, Ph.D., with more than 40 years of experience, the ELF program has been presented in China, Mexico, Canada, and the Bahamas. The ELF program is for children with Down syndrome, autism, dyslexia, ADD/ADHD and other syndrome disorders.