The Pyramid Model is a conceptual framework of evidence-based practices for promotin young children’s healthy, intellectual, ocial and emotional development. We believe that for any child to be able to engage in any meaningful academic activity, they must be balanced both socially and emotionally. The model therefore provides our learners with functional activities in a context in which learners can acquire and practice skills, creating meaning for the learner. There’s an emphasis on interactive learning, such as cooking, work presentation, playing motion games. Priority is also given to promoting functional communication as a key element of the pyramid. The concern is that children communicate in whatever modality. Whatever it is, we want to be sure every learner communicates because that’s foundational to all the learning. The priority is a learner’s ability to make requests for preferred items, to ask for help or for a break, and to communicate instead of exhibiting inappropriate behavior.