. >> "the now"'s tanya rogers teaching style. >> mark john and sophia, played uno with me. they have known each other for a couple of years. >> i love reading and math and art and writing. >> reporter: sophia and her friends are part of a social immersion program started by dr. rebecca after teaching segment need kids for 14 years. >> when i looked at the kids with autism that had significant deficits and social behavior and i was able to prompt those students to model after the typically developing students. >> reporter: her goal to help students on the autism spectrum succeed in general education classrooms by spending the day with their piers, learning about leadership. >> i didn't know what to expect is less people and you have a right to express yourself. >> reporter: mark and sophia improving their social skills. >> the moore i was here, the more i found out i had in common with everyone. >> it's educational-based and nobody is left behind, everybody needs to progress and if they are not progressing, we need to go back and figure out what we can do differently. or how