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Massachusetts- Evergreen Center, Inc.

http://www.evergreenctr.org/
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.

Paul VI Catholic High School Options Program

http://www.paulvi.net/
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.

Orchard Academy

http://www.orchardacademy.org/
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.

Lake County High Schools Technology Campus

http://www.techcampus.org/
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.

Dubuque Community Schools

http://www.dbqschools.org/
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

California Learning Connection

http://clconnect.com/
The California Learning Connection is a Multidisciplinary private practice founded in 2005 in Fresno in the heart of Central California. We offer a friendly and relaxed, family environment and are located in a beautiful and fully equipped facility. Services include specialized teaching and tutoring for dyslexia and other learning disabilities using research based interventions that have proven results. The California Learning Connection also houses speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists and counselors to serve our clients. Our clients are primarily school age or younger; however there are also opportunities to work with adults in a variety of settings. We are early intervention providers for the Regional Center, serve local charter schools and provide assessments for the Department of Social Services.

Bayhill High School

http://www.bayhillhs.org/
Bayhill High School is a comprehensive high school located in Oakland, CA. We serve students 9 – 12 with average to above average intelligence and learning differences. With an average class size of 9 students, all Bayhill students benefit from individualized attention to their unique learning needs. All core teachers hold Special Education credentials and are able to present materials so that all students can access the content. Additionally, Bayhill offers on-site therapists available to support students in individual and group sessions. Some remediation is also available for students who are reading and/or writing below grade level as a result of their learning differences.

Acacia Academy

http://www.acaciaacademy.com/
Acacia Academy LaGrange Highlands, IL, ISBE and North Central Association Colleges and Schools/AdvancED approved. Private therapeutic day school for those with learning disabilities, autism and intellectually challenged students who benefit from a personalized program designed to meet individual needs. Transition services and work study programs are available. Natural habitat and 3-acre school nature center located on campus.

The Vanguard School

http://www.vfes.net/vanguard
The Vanguard School provides comprehensive special education services with a unique focus on the individual child and his or her readiness for life. The Vanguard School has been an innovator in offering an integrated academic, social and life skills approach within a supportive environment where the ultimate goal is to have each student become an independent, functional, and happy member of society. Vanguard’s innovative K-12 and post-secondary education is a hallmark of the school’s “Learning-for-Life” philosophy, and has resulted in measurable success for graduates. The Vanguard School is a nonprofit, state-licensed, academic day school that is one of 34 Pennsylvania Approved Private Schools for Special Education, selected by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

The Learning Resource Room

http://www.thelearningresourceroom.com/
Reading and Literacy: assessment, instruction, and intervention, are my areas of specialty. My teaching employs multi-sensory, Orton Gillingham based methods proven to be effective in the instruction of students diagnosed as dyslexic. All ages are served. Web based instruction is available.

Pacific Autism Center for Education

http://pacificautism.org/
Our mission at PACE is to provide high quality programs for kids and adults with Autism/developmental disabilities, so they may experience the satisfaction and fulfillment that come from learning, self care, self expression, productive work, and interpersonal and community experiences. PACE programs include PACE School, Early Intervention, Adult Day, and Residential.

Maximum Potential Kids

https://apdcares.wordpress.com/2016/02/23/maximum-potential-kids-online-training-for-parents-and-providers/
Maximum Potential has developed a video based autism training and curriculum platform that enables early intervention agencies or schools train their staff that works with children with autism. The program provides 5.5 hours of training that teachers staff best practices when working with students with ASD. The platform also contains 500+ fully customizable lesson plans that are compatible with the ABLLS-R.

Keshet

https://keshet.org/
Founded in 1982, Keshet provides educational, recreational and vocational programs for children and young adults with special needs.

HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy

http://hmsschool.org/
HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy is a day and residential school for students up to age 21 who have severe, multiple disabilities usually resulting from cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury or other neurological impairment. Our programs include special education, physical, occupational, speech/language, music, dance and recreational therapy, along with adaptive art. Emphasis on assistive technology. Support services include 24-hour nursing, social work, nutrition therapy and medical supervision. PA Approved Private School.

Special Education District of McHenry County

http://www.sedom.org
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.

Barber National Institute

http://www.barberinstitute.org/
Providing hope and opportunity to individuals with autism, intellectual disabilities or behavioral health challenges is the mission of the Barber National Institute.  We offer a range of education, job training, residential and behavioral health services to more than 7,300 children and adults and their families from our main campus in Erie, PA, and in the Northwestern Pennsylvania, Central Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia regions, as well as training and development to professionals around the world.