 The school emphasizes the importance of addressing the sensory underpinnings of a child’s developmental difficulties.Lionheart specialists examine each child's "pyramid of development", and work on gaps that may exist, to enable each child to consolidate for learning the foundation to move forward.Lionheart believes that affect is a strong motivating factor for a child’s desire to interact, communicate, think and learn – affect connects an individual’s ideas or intents to actions.