Special Needs Schools

Perhaps you have come to this site because you have just found out that your son has dyslexia. Hundreds of thoughts flash past, but the reality is that you know that he needs to be in a school which offers specialist teachers who can remediate his syndrome.

Forget any stigma when it comes to choosing a school for special needs. These schools are great! They have spent years perfecting their learning strategies. They understand young people like your son. They know what needs to be done.

The same applies to children who have been diagnosed with a host of other learning differences such as autism, deafness and blindness. These schools offer plenty of patient, one on one teaching and activities geared specifically for their young charges.

Where do you start? Have a professional diagnosis done. You need to know exactly what you are dealing with. Then choose the right school to remediate the syndrome.
 

• American School for the Deaf, West Hartford
• Ann Arbor Academy, Ann Arbor, MI
• ANASAZI Foundation. Mesa, AZ
• The Academy at Swift River, Cummington, MA
• Arrowsmith School, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Aspen Ranch, Loa, UT
• Aspen Education Group
• Atlanta Speech School, Atlanta, GA
• The Bedford School, Fairburn, GA
• Beverly School for the Deaf, Beverly, MA
• Brehm Preparatory School, Inc., Carbondale, IL
• Bridges Academy, Bend, OR
• Bromley Brook School, Manchester, VT
• Brush Ranch School, Tererro, NM
• The Carroll School, Lincoln, MA
• Cedars Academy, Bridgeville, DE
• CEDU Schools
• Center for the Education of the Infant Deaf, Berkeley, CA
• Centreville School, Centreville, DE
• F.L. Chamberlain School, Middleborough, MA
• Chelsea School, Silver Spring, MD
• Children's Institute for Learning Differences, Mercer Island, WA
• Churchill Center & School, Town & Country, MO
• Copper Canyon Academy, Lake Montezuma, AZ
• The Cottage School, Roswell, GA
• The Cotting School, Lexington, MA
• Coutin School, Canoga Park, CA
• Crater Lake School, Sprague River, OR
• Currey Ingram Academy, Nashville, TN
• Denver Academy, Denver, CO
• DePaul Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
• Devereux Glenholme School, Washington, CT
• Dore Academy, Charlotte, NC
• Eagle Hill School, Greenwich, CT
• Eagle Hill School, Hardwick, MA
• Eagle Hill-Southport, Southport, CT
• Elan School, Poland Spring, ME
• Elwyn, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
• Excel Academy, Conroe, TX
• Excel Academy, Fort Worth, TX
• The Fenster School of Southern Arizona, Tucson, AZ
• The Fletcher School, Charlotte, NC
• The Forman School, Litchfield, CT
• The Foundation Schools, Rockville, MD
• The Frost Center, Rockville, MD
• Glenforest School, Cayce, SC
• Greenhills School, Winston-Salem, NC
• The Gow School, South Wales, NY
• The Greenwood School, Putney, VT
• Great Lakes Academy, Plano, TX
• Gretchen Everhart School, Tallahassee, FL
• Guilford Day School, Greensboro
• The Hadley School for the Blind, Winnetka, IL
• Harmony Heights School, Oyster Bay, NY
• Hidden Lake Academy, Dahlonega, GA
• The Hill Center, Durham, NC
• Holden School, Boston, MA
• The Howard School, Atlanta, GA
• Humanex Academy, Englewood
• Idaho Youth Ranch, Boise, ID
• Illinois Center for Autism, Fairview Heights, IL
• The Ivymount School, Rockville, MD
• Janice Mitchell Isbell Academy, Huntsville, AL
• Judge Rotenberg Center, Canton, MA
• The Kingsbury Center, Washington, DC
• The Lab School of Washington, DC
• Landmark East School, Wolfville, Nova Scotia
• Landmark School, Prides Crossing, MA
• Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy Institute, Washington, DC
• Linden Hill School, Northfield, MA
• Little Keswick School, Inc., Keswick, VA
• Mastery Academy, Mississauga, Ontario
• The Melmark Schools, Berwyn, PA and Woburn, MA
• Model Secondary School for the Deaf, Northeast, DC
• Mount Bachelor Academy, Prineville, OR
• New Haven, Provo, UT
• New Leaf Academy, Bend, OR
• The New York Institute for Special Education, New York, NY
• North Star Center Bend, OR
• Normative Services, Inc., Sheridan, WY
• Oak Creek Ranch School, West Sedona, AZ
• Oakland School, Keswick, VA
• Oakwood School, Annandale, VA
• Oral Deaf Education Schools
• The Oxford Academy, Westbrook, CT
• The Phelps School, Malvern, PA
• The Piedmont School, Inc., High Point, NC
• The Porter School, Roswell, GA
• Red Top Meadows, Wilson, WY
• Rocklyn Academy, Meaford, Ontario
• Saint Joseph Institute for the Deaf, St. Louis, MO
• The Schenck School, Atlanta, GA
• The Siena School, Silver Spring, MD
• South Dakota School for the Deaf, Sioux Falls, SD
• Starr Commonwealth
• Stewart Home School, Frankfort, KY
• Stone Mountain School, Black Mountain, NC
• Stonesoup School, Crescent City, FL
• Storm King School, Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY
• The Summit School, Edgewater, MD
• Sunshine Cottage School for Deaf Children, San Antonio, TX
• Three Springs, Inc., Huntsville, AL
• The Timber Ridge School, Winchester, VA
• The Treatment and Learning Centers, Rockville, MD
• Triad Academy, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC
• Turn About Ranch, Escalante, UT
• The Vanguard School, Lake Wales, FL
• The Vermont Center for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing, Brattleboro, VT
• The Vincent Smith School, Port Washington, NY
• The Winchendon School, Winchendon, MA
• The Woodhall School, Bethlehem, CT

Resources

• National Association of Private Special Education Centers
• National Association of Special Education Teachers