AEIOU Brighton

AEIOU Foundation supports young children in the Adelaide community, providing effective early intervention for children with autism who are aged between two and six, and a boutique (mainstream) childcare service for children from six weeks to six years of age.

AEIOU first established its service in South Australia in 2014, and recently opened a new, purpose-built centre on King George Avenue, Brighton.

This project is made possible with the support of Minda, and a grant through the National Stronger Regions Fund. The $2.3million centre houses four classrooms, therapy rooms, a motor skills room, covered outdoor play facilities and a parent's training room and retreat.

The program at AEIOU is based on a specialist curriculum which acknowledges the Guidelines for Good Practice 2012 and provides each child with a minimum of 20 hours of early intervention transdisciplinary therapy each week.

AEIOU's Adelaide service was recently credited with “exceeding expectations” in the National Quality Standard for Early Childhood Education and Care and School Age Care Audit and, with our high quality program and staff we look forward to continuing to provide a high quality service in South Australia.

To arrange a tour of our facilities, please email brighton@aeiou.org.au or telephone 1300 273 435.

Meet our AEIOU Brighton Service Manager

Karen Piscopo

As a manager of childcare facilities, with experience working with children with autism, Karen is a fabulous advocate for our children, parents and staff in Adelaide.

Her experience opening new childcare centres has greatly assisted our move from Huntfield Heights to Brighton, and she has provided valuable input to the relocation project.

Karen was also instrumental in ensuring AEIOU Huntfield Heights received “exceeding expectations” in the most recent rigorous assessment of our Adelaide service against the National Quality Standard for Early Childhood Education and Care and School Age Care. The audit was undertaken by the Education and Early Childhood Services Registration and Standards Board of South Australia.

As well as managing the operations of our centre, Karen is available to talk with families about enrolment at AEIOU. Please contact her at (08) 8187 2777 or email brighton@aeiou.org.au.

Meet our AEIOU Brighton Program Manager

Audrey Yak

After gaining valuable experience as a behaviour therapist in our Bray Park centre in Queensland, Audrey has relocated to South Australia to oversee the program at AEIOU Huntfield Heights/Brighton.

Audrey is an experienced Behaviour Therapist with a Bachelor or Psychology (Honours) and has a solid understanding of the AEIOU program and the transdisciplinary therapy we provide. As well as overseeing each child’s program, Audrey is responsible for the implementation of our parent training program.

She is passionate about working with children with autism and is currently expanding her knowledge through advanced studies in the field of Applied Behaviour Analysis and plans to obtain certification as a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst.

To find out more about our program, please contact Audrey on (08) 8187 2777 or email brighton@aeiou.org.au

Our transdisciplinary approach

At AEIOU Foundation, our program is consistent across all our centres.

Each child is provided access to a minimum of 20 hours transdisciplinary therapy each week (960 hours per year), provided by professionals who share responsibility in evaluating, planning and implementing supports to improve the capacity of each of our children with autism. Staff at each centre are overseen by a program manager, with the program directed through a centrally located AEIOU program coordinator team.

The program manager also implements the parent training program, which includes access to free workshops on topics most commonly requested, including behaviour, communication, mealtimes, toileting, transition to school, and more.

AEIOU Brighton Location

On 27 November 2017, AEIOU Huntfield Heights relocated from its Lindisfarne Road address to new, purpose built facilities. The new service is located at King George Avenue, North Brighton, SA 5048