History

Carriage House for Children is owned and operated by the Kentucky Center for Special Children’s Services, Inc. This organization began as Louisville School for Autistic Children in 1969. It was one of the first schools in the United States providing services to individuals with autism.

After serving individuals with autism for many years, Louisville School for Autistic Children opened Carriage House Preschool in 1983. Carriage House Preschool focused on serving not only children with special needs but providing exemplary preschool experiences to all children. Carriage House Preschool welcomed many children with autism and other disabilities into a “mainstream” environment offering traditional preschool curriculum. The goal of Carriage House Preschool was to be the model for the full inclusion of children with disabilities into preschool programs with their peers in the Louisville community. That goal was accomplished as hundreds of children with disabilities in our community began and continue to attend preschools with their non-disabled peers in public and private settings.

In 1986, the Board of Directors of Louisville School for Autistic Children changed the name of the organization to Kentucky Center for Special Children’s Services, d/b/a Carriage House for Children to better reflect the children and services provided.

In 2003, Carriage House collaborated with FEAT (Families for Effective Autism Treatment) of Louisville to extend the traditional preschool program to provide a specialized, intensive program for children diagnosed with autism and related disorders. The Endeavor Program’s group ABA services are geared toward serving the unique needs of these children.

Today, Carriage House for Children continues to provide quality services through the Preschool and the Endeavor Program.