Archbishop Riordan High School
Riordan offers students in the RSP a tiered structure of support to meet their individual needs, with flexibility as the student moves through the college preparatory curriculum. A designated faculty coordinator for each Tier facilitates communication between students, faculty, and parents about accommodations, grades, and other aspects of academic life.
Athena Academy
We use the best teaching methods, based on current scientific research, for each of our amazingly bright, creative and capable dyslexic students. Our individualized education program teaches to each student's strengths and gifts along with helping them to overcome their obstacles.
Bayhill High School
Bayhill High School serves students with learning differences who are entering grades 9 – 12. Eligible students have an average to above average intelligence, yet struggle to excel in a traditional classroom or school setting due to a learning difference or a need for a small, personalized setting. Bayhill accepts students who can benefit from our unique approach to teaching students who thrive when given personalized instruction in a supportive environment.
Big Minds Unschool
Big Minds is a radically different accessible education program for Twice-Exceptional students, grades K-8. Our student-to-teacher ratio is 4:1, and all of our learning is done in project-based and strengths-led 1:1 or small group settings. We utilize what your student is passionate about as a vehicle for filling in the building blocks they might struggle with as part of their disability. Our focus is on socio-emotional development that supports both cognitive and creative growth. Students and teachers are continually engaged in a passionate, reciprocal learning process.
Bridges Academy
Bridges Academy is a leading school for gifted and twice-exceptional students (2e). Our students have an individual mix of high abilities and learning challenges.
Charles Armstrong School
Charles Armstrong School unlocks the unique potential of students with dyslexia and related learning differences, changing the trajectory of their lives.
Compass High School
Compass High School is an innovative 9th – 12th grade program in the Bay Area that provides a multifaceted education for students with mild to moderate learning differences. Our students have a variety of learning profiles that may include dyslexia, dysgraphia, anxiety, ADHD and executive functioning challenges.
Diablo Valley School
At Diablo Valley School, students of all ages grow into confident, capable individuals—on their own terms. Here, young people take charge of their time, their learning, and their lives in a supportive community governed by student and staff voices alike
Fusion Academy
While the majority of students entering Fusion have academic skills at or above grade level, many report previous struggles in school for various reasons. Through our thoughtfully-designed approach of Love, Motivate, Teach, we see students change their understanding of themselves and the futures they have the power to create.
Headlands Preparatory School
Formerly known as Tilden Preparatory School Marin, is a small, innovative, WASC- accredited middle and high school based in Sausalito, California (San Francisco Bay Area). Headlands Private Prep School first opened its doors in 2017 under as part of Tilden Prep School – which was established in 2006 – and has been celebrating student success for over 14 years.
Holden High School
Holden High School is a top rated alternative educational experience. Founded in 1969 on the premise that the best way to educate young people is in a small, caring environment where each student is known and valued.
Inner Fire Academy
Inner Fire is a micro-school for gifted and neurodivergent 5-12 year olds. We take only 8 students per class and tailor our courses to fit each learner’s ability and interest, so it’s easy to be fully engaged. Our mission is to make school challenging and fun for every student.
Lydian Academy
Lydian’s one-on-one learning schools bring unrivaled opportunities for students to rediscover confidence and accomplishment in a fully accredited in-person learning environment in Menlo Park, CA, or our newest location in Burlingame, CA. Students can also choose one-on-one classes online and tutoring programs for even greater flexibility.
My City School
My City School was founded on the belief that students with LD are learners with high potential and who deserve access to multisensory instruction across curriculum; including science, art, history, language arts, and math.
Open Mind School
We envision a world where every student emerges as a dynamic force for positive change. Open Mind School is not just a building with classrooms; it's a nurturing space for the next generation of global citizens, leaders, and innovators. Our students are changemakers at all ages who will weave compassion, innovation, and empathy into the very fabric of society.
Orion Academy
Orion Academy provides a comprehensive program for high school students whose academic success is compromised by autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and executive functioning deficits. Orion students are bright young people with the potential for success, but as a result of their disability and traditional teaching models, they often fail to realize their full potential. Orion offers these promising students a program uniquely tailored to their strengths and needs, focusing on individual social growth, pragmatic language skills and academic excellence.
Pacific Preparatory
Discover our game-changing K-12 school and specialized academic support services. Experience thoughtful, research-backed one-on-one instruction tailored to your child’s unique needs. Elevate learning with accredited courses, expert tutoring, executive function coaching, and test prep—all from the comfort of home.
Orinda Academy
Our bright and creative students thrive in our nurturing, small class environment. Through a combination of academic support, executive functioning skill development, and social/emotional balance, every student reaches their full potential.
Pacific Preparatory
Students choose Pacific Preparatory because they seek an engaging one-on-one academic experience with flexible curriculum and scheduling.
Palo Alto Preparatory High School
Palo Alto Preparatory offers an average student-to-teacher ratio of 8:1. This allows for individualized instruction, differentiated to meet the needs of our students.
Saint Brigid School
Saint Brigid Academy, established in 1888, provides a nurturing and inclusive educational environment rooted in the Catholic faith. By integrating Catholic values throughout all facets of learning, the school aims to cultivate happy and healthy individuals who are empowered thinkers, active Christians, responsible stewards, and technologically ethical citizens. Through rigorous academic curriculum and personalized learning approaches, students develop critical thinking skills and a lifelong love of learning. The school fosters a strong sense of community among students, faculty, and parents, encouraging collaboration and engagement.
Sand Hill School
Sand Hill School where 1st-8th-grade students with language-based learning differences, ADHD and school-based anxiety learn to love school again.
Stanbridge Academy
Stanbridge Academy is a caring, inclusive K–12 school for students with mild to moderate learning differences and social communication challenges. We use an individualized, whole student approach so that students thrive and develop their academic, social, and emotional capabilities to their fullest potential.
Stellar Learning Academy
Children with Dyslexia think differently and struggle with learning to read and write in a regular classroom environment. Stellar Academy offers unique and comprehensive structured learning education programs tailored to the needs of students with dyslexia so they can succeed in school and thrive in life.
Sterne School
At Sterne, we know that in a world where everyone’s learning profile is unique, there cannot be a one size fits all educational approach. Every day, we teach students how to unlock the learning style that works best for them. We believe that when support is a part of, not an exception to the school day, kids can focus on being kids while also becoming confident, capable learners.
Tilden Preparatory School
Tilden Prep is a unique, WASC-accredited, college-preparatory school for grades 6-12 that teaches U.C.-approved courses one-to-one and in small groups. We also use mastery learning, teaching students to 80% (B) or higher level of mastery before moving forward. This allows us to individualize the pace and teaching method to address a wide range of learning needs. From highly gifted students who find a regular classroom setting too limiting to students with learning differences who need a specialized teaching approach to shine academically, we are working with students to maximize both their learning and their self-confidence.
The Helix School
The Helix School nurtures the capabilities of children with autism and autism-like developmental challenges in a dynamic, relationship-based, interdisciplinary educational setting. Our integrated curriculum is tailored to our student’s developmental level, sensory processing differences, and emotional-regulatory needs. At THS, we emphasize motivation-based, kinesthetic and sensory-based learning. Take a look around and see what makes THS so unique!
The Springstone School
We are a WAS accredited program set in a serene environment in the city of Lafayette serving neurodiverse students with learning disabilities and executive functioning challenges in grades 6th - 12th.
Winston Preparatory School
Winston Preparatory School is an innovative day school for students in the 4th through 12th grade with learning differences such as dyslexia, nonverbal learning disabilities, and executive functioning difficulties. Our unique model of education for the individual provides intense skill remediation while encouraging students to build independence, resilience, responsibility, self-awareness, and self-advocacy.
