Schools, Colleges and Resources for Students with Learning Disabilities
by Quinn Bradlee
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
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Location: Atlanta, GA
Mission:Sophia Academy is a Christian school dedicated to innovative multi-sensory teaching methods for students with a variety of learning differences, using a curriculum that emphasizes Judeo-Christian values in every subject. Judeo-Christian principles and teachings provide the basis for the development of personal faith and moral excellence. The biblical character traits of knowledge, charity, honesty, self-control, and responsible stewardship are incorporated to teach the student to live purposefully and intelligently by seeking what is good and doing what is right.
Location: San Francisco, CA
Mission: The mission of Sterne School is to provide an educational community where young people with specific learning differences realize their academic potential. They are encouraged to achieve mastery of basic skills through an information-rich curriculum. In a warm, respectful atmosphere, students become confident, disciplined, responsible citizens ready to meet the challenges of further learning and soceity.
Location: Lake Wales, Florida
Mission: The mission of the Vanguard School is to provide an individualized program in a nurturing environment which enables our students to develop to their fullest capability: Academically, Socially and Personally.
Location: Home-based school program for children with learning disabilities.
Mission: Committed to providing an effective educational experience through the combined experience of two academic organizations.
Location: Bethlehem, CT
Mission: The Woodhall School offers an opportunity to experience success for young men of above average intellectual ability in grades 9-12 who have had difficulties in traditional school environments. The school offers an individualized program that gives each student an opportunity to change a pattern of failure into one of success.
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The Cooke Center for Learning and Development
Location: New York, NY
Mission: The Cooke Center collaborates with parents and professionals to provide inclusive educational programs for students with special needs, from early childhood to yound adulthood. We also share our knowledge with those committed to enhancing and supporting inclusive learning environments.
Location: Pasadena, CA
Mission: The Frostig Center is a non-profit organization that specializes in working with children who have learning disabilities. Founded in 1951 by Marianne Frostig, a pioneer in the study, diagnosis, and treatment of learning disabilities, the Center is dedicated to a three-part mission of: conducting research on the causes/effects of learning disabilities; providing parent, tutor, educator training and consultation in how to work with children who struggle to learn; and offering direct instructional services to children with learning disabilities through the Frostig School and other community services.
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