Spectrum Launch Institute of Agoura Hills~

Spectrum Launch Institute of Agoura Hills~

Autism is often overlooked in high functioning people. Bright girls and women are especially overlooked.

Advanced Autism Assessment, Therapy, and Development for Young Adults & Teens.

Serving Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Malibu, and surrounding communities

Clarity. Direction. Forward.

Autism looks differently from person to person. We are sensitive to neurodiversity among the autistic population.
Young, highly functional autistic men are often overlooked. The Autism Spectrum Institute helps launch all autistic people.

Not Stuck. Not Broken. Ready to Launch.

At the Spectrum Launch Institute, we offer a systems-based approach to autism assessment and integrative therapy-designed to restore development, independence, and the capacity for happiness, understood as full participation in life and society.

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310-455-0928

Autistic people of color, black and brown especially, are still often overlooked. Our autism center is inclusive.
A gay, lesbian, or bisexual autistic person struggles even more. Loneliness ends here.

At our inclusive autism institute, we believe that every young person carries a natural capacity for growth, independence, meaningful connection, and a life of purpose—and ultimately, for happiness understood not as a fleeting feeling, but as the experience of oneself as a full participant in life and society.

For many on the autism spectrum, this capacity has been misunderstood, overlooked, or diminished under the weight of social and cultural expectations.

We exist for those who have been reduced, underestimated, and defined by labels—yet never truly seen. Our approach, Primal Systems Therapy (PST), is an integrative systems-based model that allows us to identify constraints and unlock development.

Our work begins where conventional approaches to autism often end.

Meet the director

Dr. Andrea F. Polard, PsyD

Let’s discover your strengths and take some bite-sized steps.

Sometimes this means we must address trauma.

Addictions can also obstruct your strengths.

“Explore” below: our special approach, autism assessment, therapy, and more.