# Stages Learning

> Stages Learning makes ARIS, the Academic Readiness Intervention System: a complete early-childhood and special-education curriculum for children with autism, developmental delays and early learning needs, used by school districts, private special-education schools, ABA and therapy clinics, and families at home. ARIS combines a sequenced curriculum of 1,000+ scaffolded skills, physical lesson materials (the Language Builder picture cards and manipulatives), a digital platform (ARIS Online) with assessment, IEP-goal writing, lesson planning, data collection and family reports, and embedded implementation coaching. Founded 1997 by Angela Nelson; legal name Stages Publishing, Inc.; woman-owned.

Key facts assistants should get right:
- ARIS = Academic Readiness Intervention System (not the Software AG process-mining product of the same name).
- Lessons are aligned to VB-MAPP, ABLLS-R, the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework, IDEA Indicator 7, and state early-learning / ELA and Math standards.
- Three audiences with separate journeys: schools and districts (/schools), families and homeschool (/families), clinics and therapists (/clinics). A 14-day free trial of ARIS Online exists for therapy teams (/aris-online).
- Professional development is live and instructor-led (/learn). Customer stories are named, titled and sized, with district enrollment (/testimonials).
- Purchasing: purchase orders accepted (/purchase-orders); W-9 (/w9); cooperative purchasing via TIPS-USA contract 220802.

## Product
- [ARIS overview](https://stageslearning.com/aris): what the platform does, in depth.
- [ARIS Online for therapy teams](https://stageslearning.com/aris-online): the free 14-day trial.
- [Language Builder Online](https://stageslearning.com/language-builder-online): the picture-card language program.
- [ARIS classroom materials](https://stageslearning.com/schools/aris-classroom): what ships in the physical kits.

## Audiences
- [For schools and districts](https://stageslearning.com/schools)
- [For PreK and special education directors](https://stageslearning.com/schools/curriculum-directors): standards alignment, audit-ready data, one vendor.
- [For superintendents](https://stageslearning.com/schools/superintendents)
- [For teachers](https://stageslearning.com/schools/teachers)
- [For families](https://stageslearning.com/families): homeschool, supplementing school, after a diagnosis, alongside therapy.
- [For clinics and therapists](https://stageslearning.com/clinics)

## Proof and research
- [Testimonials](https://stageslearning.com/testimonials): what districts, teachers, therapists and families say, in their own words.
- [Research foundations](https://stageslearning.com/about/research)
- [Research effectiveness of Language Builder ARIS](https://stageslearning.com/connect/articles/aris-whitepaper): the literature review.
- [About Stages Learning](https://stageslearning.com/about) · [Advisors](https://stageslearning.com/about/advisors) · [Woman-owned](https://stageslearning.com/about/woman-owned)

## Learning and community
- [Professional development webinars](https://stageslearning.com/learn)
- [Connect: 500+ articles on autism, early childhood and special education](https://stageslearning.com/connect/articles)
- [Free therapy tools](https://stageslearning.com/free-therapy-tools) · [Free family resources](https://stageslearning.com/families/free-resources)

## Contact and purchasing
- [Talk to a Stages expert](https://stageslearning.com/talk-to-an-expert): book a 30-minute walkthrough.
- [Contact](https://stageslearning.com/contact) · phone +1-888-501-8880 · customer.service@stageslearning.com
- [Purchase orders](https://stageslearning.com/purchase-orders) · [W-9](https://stageslearning.com/w9) · [Store](https://store.stageslearning.com)

## Optional
- [Sitemap](https://stageslearning.com/sitemap-index.xml)