PTLive - Protected Tomorrows Special Needs Directory

Easter Seals’ mission is to provide exceptional services to ensure that all people with disabilities or special needs have equal opportunities to live, learn, work and play in their communities.

El Valor is a non-profit community-based organization founded in 1973. El Valor is the first bilingual, bicultural rehabilitation center in Illinois. Their strategic goals are: to be the best in the nation in early childhood care in the Hispanic community; to become the premier organization developing leadership for the Hispanic community; and to be an international model for inclusion of people with disabilities in the Hispanic community.

We provide homeschool classes, academic summer session and individualized tutoring for students, pre-K through college, with distinctive learning styles. New student discounts and free diagnostic testing.

The Evergreen Center is a residential school serving children and adolescents with severe developmental disabilities.The Center believes it is essential to build skills in the areas of communication, self-care and social interaction to successfully place students in less restrictive environments and enhance their quality of life.

Bancroft offers a wide range of state-of-the-art services to children and adults with autism, developmental disabilities, brain injuries and other neurological impairments. Services include educational, vocational, residential, rehabilitation and therapeutic interventions based on the individual needs of each person the organization serves.

This program is for children and adults with developmental disabilities and their families, we provide more than just a wide range of quality programming and services. We provide oppertunity.

Our mission is to provide exceptional educational, therapeutic, and vocational programs to individuals with special needs, to give them the necessary skills to learn, to work, and to live successfully with dignity and independence

Providing education, therapeutic and residential services for children 0-21 with medical/developmental needs.

Transitional assistance for families to prepare youth for adult life success. Services can include: research, referral and application processes for adult services, accessing colleges, career assessments, and general transition information

Founded in 1982, Keshet provides educational, recreational and vocational programs for children and young adults with special needs.

The Lake County High Schools Technology Campus is regarded as one of the best vocational training facilities in the Midwest with a highly qualified staff dedicated to excellence in career technical education. With twenty participating high schools throughout Lake and McHenry Counties representing over 1800 high school students, we have the largest vocational secondary educational system in the State of Illinois.

Little Friends, Inc. is a private, non-profit organization serving children and adults with developmental, emotional or behavioral disabilities. Based in Naperville, Illinois, Little Friends operates 14 programs including early intervention, alternative schools, family support, vocational training, and community-based residential services.

The Living Skills Center for the Visually Impaired (LSC) is a unique program that teaches people who are blind or visually impaired to live independently, by ACTUALLY LIVING INDEPENDENTLY. Since 1972 the LSC's learn-by-doing apartment setting has helped to empower generations of visually impaired people to take charge of their own lives. If you are 18 or older, and ready to make your move toward independence, the LSC can help you achieve your personal goals.

At Berkshire Meadows, we work to provide the best care and education that expertise, technology and experience can offer. Our goal is for children and young adults to become as independent as possible, more self-sufficient and empowered, and better able to exercise some control over their own lives, and to function productively and happily as integral members of their family and the larger community.

Dedicated to providing a safe, enriching environment that enables individuals to thrive, IDDI offers two distinct programs; these include the Children's Program for children under 22 years of age, and the Adult Program for individuals over the age of 22.

Crotched Mountain is a charitable organization employing more than 900 people, whose mission is to serve individuals with disabilities and their families, embracing personal choice and development, and building communities of mutual support.

Matheny Medical and Educational Center is a special hospital and educational facility for children and adults with medically complex developmental disabilities.

A school dedicated to the education of children with language based learning disabilities.

St. Joseph of Peace, serves its mission by a Judeo-Christian attitude toward human life in an environment of caring, peace, and acceptance that emphasizes respect for each individual’s rights and dignity. Early morning until late at night, something is going on somewhere--either in the classrooms, the playing areas, the students’ residence at Concordia House, or in pre-vocational worksites outside the campus where students prepare themselves for employment and the world at large.

High school students in special education confront significant barriers as they seek to make the transition from school to work, post-secondary training, and living with a desired level of independence. Orchard Academy provides a scaffolding to overcome those challenges.

Options provides a quality modified inclusive education in a Catholic Christian environment for high school age students with intellectual disabilities. PVI Options nurtures the maturation of inquisitive, creative, confident and motivated students. The goal is to maximize students' potential while enabling their independence.

Camphill Special School is a Waldorf school, as well as a Pennsylvania Approved Private School, for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We are part of the worldwide Camphill movement and the only Camphill community in North America for children.

The primary goal of Holy Spirit School is to provide a religious education program that integrates religion with the academic curriculum. Our ultimate goal is to teach a love for Jesus Christ - a love so strong that the difficult decisions of maturity and adult life will be truly Christian responses rather than simply human reactions to events and situations.

To provide alternative therapeutic, educations, opportunities and to educate the whole child intellectually, emotionally, physically, and socially. To enable students to reenter educational programs in their home school environments as they become ready. To engage in collaborative relationships with home, schools, families, and communities. To enable our students to become life long learners and to become successful, productive citizens.

Vision: Effecting a positive difference in the lives of people with special needs to help them become healthy, fulfilled, and productive members of their community. Mission: We are dedicated to helping our children and young adults (ages 3-21) develop their individual potential by providing specialized educational services, programs and facilities in partnership with school districts.