Victory Academy
Founders Tricia Hasbrook and Thea Schreiber met in 2003 at an Autism Conference hosted in Portland, Oregon. At this chance meeting, they realized they both lived in the same town (Tualatin, Oregon) and used the same team of therapists for their young sons, both affected by Autism. Over the next four years, their two families invested heavily–time and money–in Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) therapy, occupational therapy, speech language therapy, and other supplemental “things”, including hyperbaric oxygen, hippotherapy, and specialized diets--to name a few. When their sons turned seven, Tricia and Thea were left with two very different little boys. Zach, Thea’s son, was well on his way to losing his diagnosis. But AJ, Tricia’s son, was still challenged by his severe motor dyspraxia and verbal apraxia of speech. On their journey together, many times, they dreamed about a “magical school” to help Portland-area children affected by Autism. And, both women were repeatedly asked why they didn’t send Zach or AJ to this kind of magical educational place, instead of the current model of hiring various private therapists to provide in-home services. The answer was always the same: There simply was no public or private school in the Portland area that addressed the academic, therapeutic, and medical needs of children with ASD.
Sherwood,
Oregon,
USA
12155 SW Tooze Road Sherwood, OR 97140
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