The Arbor School is a multi-sensory therapeutic alternative private school for special needs students
The Arbor School is a 501(3)c non-profit private, McKay and Gardiner funded, school located in Winter Springs, Florida. The mission of the school is to offer first rate academics in a unique and flexible environment which also includes onsite and individualized occupational and speech therapy. The staff works in a collaborative atmosphere to create a safe environment for learning and change. Through this collaboration, we are able to facilitate the growth and improvement of each child's educational, as well as emotional, physical and social needs.
The Arbor School is a sensory based school that uses occupational therapy and speech and language Therapy to support and enhance the academic and social needs of our students. Students who attend have diagnoses such as Sensory Processing Disorder, High Functioning Autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, PDD, and other learning disabilities . Our therapeutic classrooms were created to fill the unique needs of the children. We recognize that the children need frequent breaks, small group and one-on-one instruction, small class sizes and the opportunity to move around which we allow for within the classroom environment.
Our staff consists of teachers, speech language-pathologists, occupational therapists and classroom aides. The combination of education, counseling, therapeutic training and professional expertise in teaching and treating children with Sensory Processing Disorder, Auditory Processing Disorder, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, and other learning and communicative disorders makes us a unique learning environment in Central Florida. We work in partnership with our parents and with one another to ensure each student is able to realize success within a small classroom setting.
In conjunction with small group and one-on-one academic lesions, each child receives 3 individual 30 minute therapy sessions per week. Sessions can include Speech/Language and Occupational Therapy, and each child receives therapy based on his/her individual need.
The mission of The Arbor School is to provide a student-based academic experience with a rich therapeutic foundation to help students with disabilities achieve their full potential in life. Through our comprehensive program that includes core academics, social skills training, speech, occupational, music, and art therapy, and transition to work and independent living, our students are able to become contributing members of our communities.
