Sponsored by the The Help Group, the Village Glen School is a therapeutic day school program for children with challenges in the areas of socialization, communication, language development, peer relations, learning disabilities, and academic performance without significant behavior problems. Many of the students served at Village Glen experience special needs related to Asperger's Syndrome and high functioning autism. Visit their web site at: www.villageglen.org
The Springstone School, located in Concord, California, is an independent middle school that promotes and develops academic, social and prevocational skills for students with Asperger's Syndrome and Nonverbal Learning Disabilities. The professional and experienced staff fosters values of independence, responsibility and community in preparation for high school, and beyond through intensive, individualized instruction in small structured classrooms.
Contact Information:
The Springstone School
1035 Carol Lane
Lafayette, CA 94549
(925)962-9660
Fax: (925) 962-9558
email: info@thespringstoneschool.org
website: www.thespringstoneschool.org
Please visit their web site at:
The Springstone School
Orion Academy is a nonprofit College Preparatory Day School located in San Francisco's East Bay area for High School Students with Neurocognitive Disabilities.
Mission: To educate secondary students with NLD, Asperger's Syndrome and Other neurocognitive disorders in a program that equally emphasizes academics, social competency and pragmatic langauge development.
If you are interested in more information about this school, please contact Rosemary at 925-377-0789 or visit their web site at www.orionacademy.org
Day School for children with Asperger syndrome.
Our Philosophy is to work with children in small classroom settings. (4 to 7 children per class). Tailor their education to their IEP's and to work individually on their behaviors thru positive reinforcement. Our class day tends to be very structured. We do allow and encourage the children to develop their individuality, while maintaining classroom discipline. Our discipline methods are developed according to the needs of the child. We prefer to use reward systems that daily and weekly inspire the child to change his or her behavior.
Contact Shirley Juels at 805-375-4950
or e-mail to: PassagewaySchool@aol.com
or, visit their web site at www.passagewayschool.com
Boys residential school
For information contact:
Woodhall School
PO Box 550, Harrison Lane
Bethlehem, CT 06751-0550
Phone: 203-266-7788
This is a boarding school program.
For more information:
Franklin Academy
106 River Road
East Haddam, CT 06423
Phone:860-873-2700
Fax: 860-873-8861
admission@fa-ct.org
or visit their web site at: www.fa-ct.org
The Glenholme School is a boarding school for "special needs students situated on over 100 idyllic acres of Connecticut countryside. Children ages 8-16, at admission, who need a highly structured learning environment can prosper in this safe, nurturing school. It provides a value-based program to show students the way to academic success."
Visit their web site at: http://www.theglenholmeschool.org/os
"The College Internship Program at the Brevard Center provides individualized, post-secondary academic, internship and independent living experiences for young adults with Asperger's Syndrome and Nonverbal learning differences. With our support and direction, students learn to realize and develop their potential."
For information about their program visit their web site at: www.brevardcenter.org
"Empowering Students with Complex Learning Disabilities to Optimize their full potential.."
For more information contact:
Brehm Preparatory School
1245 East Grand Avenue
Carbondale, IL 62901
618.457.0371
fax 618.529.1248
Email to: brehm1@brehm.org
Visit their web site at: www.brehm.org
The Millennium Day School in Baltimore, Maryland will open its doors in the Fall of 2004. The school will have a fully integrated social skills curriculum and will serve the needs of children with Aspergers and related disorders in an inclusive environment. For further information, visit their web site at www.MillenniumSchool.com
The Kennedy Hope Academy is a 13-bed residential school providing intensive treatment for children with pervasive developmental disorders who have serious psychiatric illness or behavior problems.
If you are interested in more information about this program, please contact
David Rourke, MS
Program Manager
(617) 779-1670
or visit our website at
www.mclean.harvard.edu/patient/child/kha.php
This school is for AS children from ages 1st -12th Grade.
McLean Hospital is a Teaching Facility of Harvard Medical School and an Affiliate of Massachusetts General Hospital
"The Corwin-Russell School at Broccoli Hall is an independent school for high-potential students 11-19 years old with varied learning styles, average to superior intelligence, exceptional creativity, attentional issues, untapped interests, talents, and strengths, and disparity between innate ability and past production."
For more information:
Phone: 978-369-1444
E-mail: brochall@aol.com
Or visit their web site at: www.corwin-russell.org
A Model School for High-Functioning Elementary School Children Grades K-5 with Asperger Syndrome and Pervasive Developmental Disorders
For more information visit their webpage at http://www.learningspring.org
This Day school is for teens with AS, HFA, PDD and cousin disabilities. Serves students within busing are of Boiceville, New York.
For more information contact:
Valerie Paradiz, Ph.D.
Program Director
ASPlE
The School for Autistic Strength, Purpose
and Independence in Education
P.O. Box 489
Boiceville, NY 12412
(845) 657-7201
email to: info@aspieschool.org
Visit their web site at: www.aspieschool.org
The I Am I Can Program was developed for high functioning students with Neurobiological Disorders (NBD), including Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Tourette’s Syndrome, Asperger’s Syndrome, Childhood-Onset Bipolar Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Anxiety Disorder and Depression. The program uses a cognitive behavioral approach, allowing students to better understand their neurobiological limitations and how to self-manage and regulate their symptoms. The Elementary Program (K-5) is a 6:1:1 ratio and the Middle School (6-8) and High School Programs have an 8:1:1 ratio. The Gersh Academy High School is located in Hauppauge. Gersh Academy follows the New York State curriculum and standards.
For More Information Contact:
West Hills Montessori School
165 Pidgeon Hill Road
Huntington Station, NY 11746
Phone: (631) 385-3342
Web site: www.gershacademy.org
The Y.A.L.E. School offers specialized progarm options for children with Asperger's Syndrome. Serves children ages 8-15. This program offers rich academic environment, speech and language services, social skill training and postive motivational systems.
For more information:
For additional program information or to schedule a program tour, contact Jim Conley at 856-795-3566 ext. 106 or Dr. Mieke Gooseens at 856-795.3566, ext. 309
From their web site:
"...The best candidates for Hampshire Country School are those who will respond to the
attention of its faculty, seek the help of its teachers, enjoy being part of a small
school community, and enjoy its outdoor activities. Most students, however, have not
had such success elsewhere, and many parents are quite discouraged by the time they first
inquire about the school. Many students have had trouble fitting into the structure of larger
schools and many have had difficulty adapting to the demands of peers. Many are more
comfortable with adults than with age mates.
Hampshire Country School can provide appropriate structure and support for certain students with nonverbal learning disabilities, Tourette Syndrome, ADHD, Asperger Syndrome, and other disorders; but it is not a treatment program. It is designed instead to involve and educate the bright, active, and interested side of each child rather than to dwell on the student's limitations and difficulties. Students who experiment with alcohol, tobacco, or illegal drugs are not accepted; and the school is not set up for students who are primarily oppositional or confrontational..."
For more information, visit their web site at: www.hampshirecountryschool.org
A new residential center for children and youth ages six to eighteen-plus who have been diagnosed with Asperger’s Disorder is opening. The Center is situated on 13 acres near Neapolis, Ohio, south of Toledo, Ohio. LHS Family and Youth Services, Inc. is a social service agency with headquarters in Toledo, Ohio, serving children, youth and families through community-based residential treatment group homes and other services.
The LHS Maumee Youth Center for Asperger’s Disorder serves up to twenty children and youth in its residential program. Most children and youth placed in the residential setting will tend to be aggressive and have multiple diagnosis/needs.
All staff, in addition to their undergraduate and graduate work, are trained in the core competencies of residential child and youth care and will be trained by experts in the autistic spectrum disorder field.
For additional information on the Center, or to make an inquiry regarding a potential referral to the Center, please contact Steve Plottner at splot@infinet.com or by phone at 419-798-9382.
The Monarch School is a therapeutic day school located in Houston. Their prime mission is to help children develop executive functioning skills, relationship development and ownership of learning and to prepare all of the students for success.
About 1/4 of the students are AS with the other's having ADHD, LD, Bi-polar disorder, Tourettes and other dx.
The school is for children from 4-16 and they will be adding one additional HS year each year for the next two years. It is a non-profit, private school and the staff to student ratio is 20 staff to 60 students.
For more information visit their website at www.monarchschool.org
Friends of Special Schools at
http://specialneedschildren.com
Friends of Special Schools is a non-profit organization formed in 1997 by parents and friends of children with special needs. This webpage is a wonderful resource for information on special needs schools. In addition to links to many schools and programs, they also offer a small scholarship fund.
This is a residental camp for children and teens with autism or PDD run by the Autism Society of Minnesota.
This camp for children with AS is sponsored by the Autism Asperger
Resource Center at KU. For more information visit their web site at:
www.kumc.edu/aarc/camp2005.html
This is an inclusive camp in Southern Maryland, and in the past have had several campers with Asperger's Syndrome attend their program.
Kamp A-Kom-Plish
9305 Ironsides Road
Nanjemoy, MD 20662
Phone: 301-870-3226
Visit their web site at www.kampakomplish.org
YouthCare offers a seven-week summer day camp that engages children in traditional camp activities within a therapeutic context. This program serves children ages 5-14 with Autism Spectrum Disorders such as Asperger's syndrome and pervasive developmental disorders. The program provides a safe, nurturing and therapeutic environment for children to work on social skill goals. Activities take place indoors and outdoors and include hiking, swimming, canoeing, arts and crafts, field trips, ropes courses and much more. In addition, it offers the small-group structure and consistency that our children need in order to reach their individual and group goals. Small group instruction in speech and language pragmatics and drama therapy as well as a parent support group are also components of this program. Social skill groups are additionally offered during the school year.
For more information visit their web site at www.mghyouthcare.org
or send at email to: mghyouthcare@partners.org
Our Pragmatic Drama workshop is designed to teach pragmatic language skills and foster the development of social skills through the art of drama. Our program serves children and young adolescents who function well in most areas, but are struggling with the social deficits associated with Asperger's Disorder, Nonverbal Learning Disability, and other Developmental Disorders.
Our program fosters a safe environment for children and adolescents to these skills. It also provides our members an opportunity to make new friends and feel good about their interactions with others.
In addition to the curriculum (described for each week - see links), the actors/actresses are cued by their drama/social coaches to read and use appropriate body language, as well as behave in a socially appropriate manner.
For more information contact:
Liana Peña Morgens, Ph.D. at (781) 899-1160 or e-mail
drmorgens@psychsteps.com
Or, visit the web site at www.dramaplayconnection.com
Camp Discovery at Lake George, Minnesota
This is a residental camp for children and young adults (ages 9-21) with Asperger syndrome or High Functioning Autism. The camp is sponsored by the Autism Society of Minnesota.
This is a residential camp for children and teens with autism and PDD. Sponsored by the Autism Society of Minnesota.
Serving children with ADD, Tourette's Syndrome, learning disabilities, and executive functioning disorder. Providing keys for successful learning in a summer camp format. Monarch's Summer Camp 2002 will feature courses emphasizing friendships, self-esteem, study skills, social skills development, and executive functioning strategies as part of the daily program. Mini-courses include math, reading, writing, oral language, physical education, technology, fine arts, woodworking and gifted enrichment. Field trips and guest speakers round out the plans for summer camp. Three week sessions will begin in June. Students may choose one or two daily sessions from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and/or 11:30 to 2:30 p.m. All children from ages Pre-Kindergarten to eleventh grade are invited to apply. Deadline for application is May 20. For further information about course selection and fees, please contact Debrah Hall, Camp Director at 713-479-0800
The Tikvah Program at Camp Ramah
This program is designed to meet the special needs of Jewish teens (13-18) with
learning problems, social difficulties and communication disorders including
Aspergers' Syndrome. Tikvah provides an 8 week overnight summer camp experience that
integrates Judaism with traditional camp activities. The Tikvah Program emphasizes
social development and Jewish learning through individualized experiences and inclusion
in general camp programs as much as is possible.
This is a residential camp for children and teens with learning disabilities and attention deficit disorder. The staff indicated that they also have quite a number of campers with AS and these children do very well in their program. While the camp is located in Canada, they have many campers from the US and from around the world.
Home to O.A.S.I.S.