Pre-school Autism Lab (PAL) Program

The Stanford-Preschool Autism Laboratory (Stanford-PAL) program is a high-quality early childhood program, for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or neurodevelopmental disorders, where novel models of early intervention can be developed, evaluated, and disseminated. The Stanford-PAL program integrates clinical services and research activities in a preschool classroom environment. The studies conducted through the PAL Program are investigating the effectiveness of early interventions with the hope to develop evidenced based treatments for children with ASD.

The PAL Program implements its clinical services and research activiities in three different locations:

Quarry Site

The first site to be established is located at Quarry Road on the Stanford Campus and has the capacity of delivering clinical services to a total of 8 children with 4 children participating in the morning session (9:00 am to 12:00 pm) and 4 children participating in the afternoon session (1:00 to 4:00 pm). This preschool is equipped with a 360 camera and 3 Kinects and will be used for data collection in the proposed study. The Quarry location of Stanford-PAL has been serving families in the community since May of 2019.

Stanford Classroom

Creekside Site

Recently, a new site came online on the campus of The Creekside School in the city of San Jose https://www.creeksideschool.org/. This new location will have the capacity of providing services for up to 16 children with 8 in the am session and 8 in the afternoon. This site has been established in close partnership with the Creekside School and has been running since October of 2023.

In Home

This component consists of providing early interventions in the home of children with ASD or neurodevelopmental disorders. Families participating in this program must be living within 30 miles of the Stanford campus. Stanford-PAL therapists have been providing in-home service to select families since June of 2023.