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The ATI
Preliminary Program
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or the convenience of families who are new to
the ATI program, we have developed a process
to help ensure a smooth transition into ATI. The
ATI Preliminary Program differs from traditional
ATI enrollment. Participants will receive their
first year of curriculum and a three-month rental
of the life-changing Basic, Advanced, and Anger
Resolution Seminars. These seminars are essential
for encouraging the development of a Biblical
worldview. Upon completion of these seminars,
the Financial Freedom Seminar will be sent to
the family as a gift from the ATI Department.
During their year in the ATI Preliminary
Program, a family will receive Wisdom Booklets
for each family member who is enrolled as a
student. To preview a sample of the curriculum,
visit our Web site at www.ati.iblp.org/admissions.
he Advanced Training
Institute (ATI) is the
home education branch of
the Institute in Basic Life
Principles (IBLP), developed
by Dr. Bill Gothard after fifty
years of working with youth
on high school campuses, in church youth groups,
and in neighborhood gangs. It was from this work
that the Basic Life Principles Seminar, which now
has more than 2.5 million alumni, was developed.
The Basic Seminar presents seven non-optional,
universal principles that apply to every person.
Topics include Scriptural guidelines for breaking
destructive habits; conquering bitterness, guilt,
and anger; restoring relationships; experiencing
true freedom and happiness; and understanding
the deeper reasons why God lets things happen.
ATI is an outgrowth of the Basic Seminar. It is
a Biblically based home education program for
families who desire to raise up sons and daughters
who are mighty in Spirit and able to impact the
world for Jesus Christ.
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We look forward to assisting
you in raising up a generation to
impact the world for eternity!
If you have further questions about ATI or the ATI Prelim­
inary Program, please visit our Web site at www.ati.iblp.org,
or call 630-323-2842.
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Our Curriculum
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he core curriculum of the ATI program is a
set of fifty-four Wisdom Booklets and Parent
Guide Planners. These booklets were written by
a team of expert communicators, educators, and
Bible teachers.
Each Wisdom Booklet presents information
in linguistics, history, science, math, law, and
medicine from a major concept in Christ’s Sermon
on the Mount. Practical insights into Biblical
principles are also learned. Rather than relating
knowledge back to Scripture, your studies will
begin with Scripture and then explore traditional
academic subjects from this perspective.
Sons and daughters of varying ages become a
learning team as they study the same concepts
together in the Wisdom Booklets and then broaden
their learning to different levels through individual
projects chosen from the Parent Guide Planners.
Our History
Our Purpose
ATI is more than a curriculum. It is a program
designed to assist a growing network of families
who are committed to providing Biblical education
for their children. ATI represents a lifestyle of
obedience to Scripture, surrender to God, and
sacrifice to self. The goal of the ATI program is
not just to intellectually advance your children
with the retention of knowledge, which is the goal
of most educational programs. Rather, the goal of
the ATI program is to give parents a tool to train
their children to be mighty in Spirit.
The Advanced Training Institute International
(ATI) was founded in 1984, during the early
years of the modern homeschooling movement.
One hundred and two families participated in
the pilot program. They met together and made
commitments to turn life into a classroom and
use Scripture as the main textbook for studying every academic subject. Today, thousands of
families across the globe participate in the ATI
program. Using the principles of Scripture as the
foundation, ATI seeks to assist parents in training sons and daughters to be disciples of Jesus
Christ, equipped to “make disciples of all nations.”
(See Matthew 28:19–20.)