Expert Guidance and Evidence-Based Results

"Dr. Schlosser was the leading researcher in a successful three-year research project in the Fayetteville-Manlius School District to study the efficacy of the Visual Immersion System (VIS) in a special education classroom for children with autism spectrum disorder. This was the first time that the VIS was studied as part of a coaching intervention involving a coached a special education team in a public school setting. Dr. Schlosser skillfully balanced  the goal to implement a rigorous study in a practice setting while being mindful of the needs of the school team and the children they served. The results of his impressive coaching efforts demonstrated significant improvement in the students' communication skills and those students continued to make substantial progress in communication/language, academics and social skill development in the years following the three-year research project" (Lisa Miori-Dineen, Assistant Superintendent, Special Services, Fayetteville-Manlius School District).

"As the Visual Immersion System gained in popularity and expanded in scope it became clear that the approach could also serve as an enhancement to classrooms for children on the autism spectrum. To that end Ralf put together a 3-year classroom interventional study that explored the efficacy of the VIS in a substantially separate classroom in a public school. That three-year investigation was published in 2020. Importantly, it is one of but a few research endeavors that studied an entire clinical package in a natural environment from the ground up." (Dr. Howard Shane, Director Emeritus, Communication Enhancement Center, Boston Children's Hospital)