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Winston Preparatory School is the leading, nationally recognized day school for students in the 4th through 12th grade with learning differences.
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Compassion
Mental health and learning disorders are real, common and treatable, and when a child is struggling, the whole family is affected. At the Child Mind Institute, our team of board-certified clinicians is here to help you wherever you are — providing clinical care for children, teens, young adults and parents. We offer in-person appointments in our Bay Area practice, as well as telehealth appointments to families nationwide.
Child Mind Institute – San Francisco Bay Area
2000 Alameda de las Pulgas, St. 242, San Mateo, CA 94403
877.203.3452 | appointments@childmind.org
Courage
Charles Armstrong School, founded in 1968, serves grades 2-8 and unlocks the unique potential of students with dyslexia and related learning differences, changing the trajectory of their lives. We are a leader in the field of dyslexia education, with a proven and long-standing track record of teaching students with dyslexia in ways they learn best. Small group instruction in reading and math and social-emotional learning are the foundation of our model. We are also dedicated to our strength-bas...ed programming through our co-curricular offerings.
We are now accepting applications for the 2021-2022 school year. Please visit our website at www.charlesarmstrong.org for more information and to schedule a virtual tour.
We are now accepting applications for the 2021-2022 school year. Please visit our website at www.charlesarmstrong.org for more information and to schedule a virtual tour.
For over 60 years, Seiler LLP has provided advisory, tax, and accounting services to some of the world’s most affluent individuals and families, successful privately held businesses, and impactful non-profit organizations. Based in Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area, we are an independent member of HLB, the global advisory and accounting network. We deliver the sophisticated solutions, innovative thinking, global capabilities, and highly personalized service our clients require.
Connection
Stanford Children’s Health is the only health care system in the San Francisco Bay Area—and one of the few in the country—exclusively dedicated to pediatric and obstetric care. Our physicians and health care teams offer comprehensive clinical services, from treatments for rare and complex conditions to well-child care at more than 65 locations.
We’re honored to be one of just 10 children’s hospitals nationwide, and the only one in Northern California, to be named on the... 2020 - 21 U.S. News & World Report Best Children’s Hospitals Honor Roll. This distinction affirms our faculty, physicians, and staff’s enduring pursuit of excellence and the exceptional quality they provide to patients and families. And, thanks to our academic affiliation with Stanford Medicine and Stanford University, we have access to some of the best innovative minds in medicine, science, and research working to develop groundbreaking advances and new discoveries. With Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford at the center of a network with locations across the Bay Area, our patients can access world-class care close to home.
We’re honored to be one of just 10 children’s hospitals nationwide, and the only one in Northern California, to be named on the... 2020 - 21 U.S. News & World Report Best Children’s Hospitals Honor Roll. This distinction affirms our faculty, physicians, and staff’s enduring pursuit of excellence and the exceptional quality they provide to patients and families. And, thanks to our academic affiliation with Stanford Medicine and Stanford University, we have access to some of the best innovative minds in medicine, science, and research working to develop groundbreaking advances and new discoveries. With Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford at the center of a network with locations across the Bay Area, our patients can access world-class care close to home.
Tollner Law Offices ("TLO") serves the needs of students with learning disabilities and their families by enforcing the legal requirement of school districts and charter schools to provide a meaningful education to children with special needs. TLO has offices in San Jose to serve the Greater Bay Area, El Segundo and Irvine to serve the Los Angles Basin, and Reno and Las Vegas to serve the State of Nevada.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) is one of the world's leading financial groups. With approximately 360 years of history, MUFG's global network has about 2,700 offices in over 50 markets with over 180,000 employees. We believe that by living our values, we’ll achieve a balance of size, success, and stability. And we’ll positively impact every individual, organization, and community we touch. With every action, we foster long-term relationships built on honesty, mutual understanding, and... a passion for doing right. We provide financial solutions for consumers and businesses including private wealth, commercial banking, Real Estate Industries, Global Markets, Transaction Banking, Investment Banking among others.
The Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation provides a vehicle for the firm’s members to make financial contributions to the community. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati believes in enhancing the communities in which we live and work by providing financial support and volunteer services to worthy agencies and individuals in need.
Community
Athena Academy's individualized education program teaches to our bright, creative, and capable dyslexic students' strengths while helping them overcome their obstacles. Our teachers design and bring to life project-based lessons that incorporate the findings of innovative neuroscience and educational research. Our small class sizes (6-9 students per class) allow us to further tailor each student's education and create a space where learning becomes joyful and success becomes possible.
A New Type of School
A small independent K-8 school for bright children who need extra support with self-regulation, executive functioning, and/or social-emotional learning in the classroom.
The Right Support Makes All the Difference
The Burkard School is a K-8 school like no other in the Bay Area. We start with a small class size – no more than ten students – and dedicate both a highly-trained educator and a beha...vior specialist to each class. This formula allows us to address the individual education of each student with expertise and precision. The behavior specialists target social-emotional learning, self-regulation, and executive functioning and create an environment where the child is focused, regulated, and ready to learn. This, in turn, allows the educators to teach effectively and ensure that each student reaches her academic potential. At The Burkard School, students are given the supportive environment they need to shine.
A small independent K-8 school for bright children who need extra support with self-regulation, executive functioning, and/or social-emotional learning in the classroom.
The Right Support Makes All the Difference
The Burkard School is a K-8 school like no other in the Bay Area. We start with a small class size – no more than ten students – and dedicate both a highly-trained educator and a beha...vior specialist to each class. This formula allows us to address the individual education of each student with expertise and precision. The behavior specialists target social-emotional learning, self-regulation, and executive functioning and create an environment where the child is focused, regulated, and ready to learn. This, in turn, allows the educators to teach effectively and ensure that each student reaches her academic potential. At The Burkard School, students are given the supportive environment they need to shine.
Camp Kodiak is an integrated, non-competitive, overnight summer camp for children and teens with and without LD, ADHD and high-functioning ASD. Our program includes:
• Academic tutoring program
• Social skills program
• 50+ activities
• 2:1 camper-to-staff ratio
• Small cabin groups of campers with similar interests, social skills, and ages
• Professional staff from the fields of education, social work, child & youth care, recreat...ion, and university and college students
• Leader in Training Program for 16 to 18 year old campers
• Comfortable log cabins with electricity and full bathroom, including a shower
• 2.5 hours north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Is your camper ready for a summer of fun, friends, and success?
• Academic tutoring program
• Social skills program
• 50+ activities
• 2:1 camper-to-staff ratio
• Small cabin groups of campers with similar interests, social skills, and ages
• Professional staff from the fields of education, social work, child & youth care, recreat...ion, and university and college students
• Leader in Training Program for 16 to 18 year old campers
• Comfortable log cabins with electricity and full bathroom, including a shower
• 2.5 hours north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Is your camper ready for a summer of fun, friends, and success?
Lydian Academy is a one-of-a-kind school. We are dedicated to engaging students in their own education, inspiring them with enthusiastic teachers, and welcoming them into our warm, accepting learning atmosphere. If you ask us, “Can you work with my child?” our answer will likely be, “Yes”.
Our classrooms are one student and one teacher offering students the opportunity to work at their own pace. Our teachers are hired for a love of their areas of expertise and also their ...desire to spark a younger generation with the same passion for their knowledge.
Parents and students choose Lydian Academy for its WASC accredited courses, mastery-based learning, excellent teachers, and the ability to personalize their student’s education. Students stay with Lydian Academy because of the welcoming community, caring adults, and the knowledge that the foundation they are building will keep them steady throughout a lifetime.
It’s never too late to start a school year at Lydian Academy. We have year-long enrollment and will meet any student where they are and move forward from there. Lydian Academy offers “School Success without the Stress” for ANY student.
Our classrooms are one student and one teacher offering students the opportunity to work at their own pace. Our teachers are hired for a love of their areas of expertise and also their ...desire to spark a younger generation with the same passion for their knowledge.
Parents and students choose Lydian Academy for its WASC accredited courses, mastery-based learning, excellent teachers, and the ability to personalize their student’s education. Students stay with Lydian Academy because of the welcoming community, caring adults, and the knowledge that the foundation they are building will keep them steady throughout a lifetime.
It’s never too late to start a school year at Lydian Academy. We have year-long enrollment and will meet any student where they are and move forward from there. Lydian Academy offers “School Success without the Stress” for ANY student.
Palo Alto Prep does what it takes to make sure that your child has the support they need in 8-12th grade, our Synchronous Hybrid Interactive Program - SHIP.
Our ship never stopped sailing, when we went into distance learning. We do not offer on-line classes, or typical distance learning.
Palo Alto Prep we are a Synchronous Hybrid Interactive Program utilizing zoom technology.
• 9 – 3:15 Synchronous Interactive Learning Monday - Thursday with Hy...brid elective program on Fridays.
• Socially distanced, in- person Friday/Saturday electives such as paddle boarding, hiking and art in the park and Interactive Virtual electives such as Aviation, art and weight-lifting
• UC A-G Curriculum in all core classes with a 7 to 1 ratio
• Daily Study Skills classes for all students with a 5 to 1 ratio to keep your student moving forward
• Social Activities and club opportunities to keep students from feeling isolated while learning from home
Palo Alto Preparatory faculty uses a variety of teaching strategies to create active, interactive, and a meaningful curriculum for each discipline. Palo Alto Preparatory is certified as a Non-Public school by the State of California to provide special education services.
Our ship never stopped sailing, when we went into distance learning. We do not offer on-line classes, or typical distance learning.
Palo Alto Prep we are a Synchronous Hybrid Interactive Program utilizing zoom technology.
• 9 – 3:15 Synchronous Interactive Learning Monday - Thursday with Hy...brid elective program on Fridays.
• Socially distanced, in- person Friday/Saturday electives such as paddle boarding, hiking and art in the park and Interactive Virtual electives such as Aviation, art and weight-lifting
• UC A-G Curriculum in all core classes with a 7 to 1 ratio
• Daily Study Skills classes for all students with a 5 to 1 ratio to keep your student moving forward
• Social Activities and club opportunities to keep students from feeling isolated while learning from home
Palo Alto Preparatory faculty uses a variety of teaching strategies to create active, interactive, and a meaningful curriculum for each discipline. Palo Alto Preparatory is certified as a Non-Public school by the State of California to provide special education services.
Founded in 1982, Stanbridge Academy is a caring, inclusive, K–12 school for students with mild to moderate learning differences and social communication challenges. All of our students benefit from small class sizes, differentiated instruction, development of executive functioning skills, and a schoolwide social learning curriculum. Since pivoting to a distance-learning model in March due to COVID regulations, Stanbridge quickly adapted to remotely delivering specialized academic instruction t...o our entire student body, while also continuing to provide social and emotional support for our students and their families alike. Whether in-person or online, Stanbridge remains committed to providing a comprehensive, whole-school experience for each student at every grade level, while fostering a welcoming, supportive school community that is connected and engaged.
