Life Changing! This was our first year at Oakwood, and despite COVID, it was by far the best year…read moreof school that my daughter has ever had. She thrived academically, emotionally and socially. She now loves to read and write stories, and she is happy to do her homework everyday, with out any prodding from me. Best of all, she now believes in herself and her ability to learn. They handled the distance learning brought on by COVID beautifully, and she was able to keep learning and engaging with her class and teachers all the way through the end of school. My only regret is that I didn't start her at Oakwood two years earlier.

Incredible School. I attended Oakwood School for nine years because I got diagnosed with Dyslexia,…read moreDyscalculia and some executive functioning issues when I was seven years old. Oakwood school's owners and staff have been wonderful throughout my education. Had it not been for Oakwood School I would have never been able to graduate from High School and graduate from Northern Va Community College with an Associates degree of science with a Major in General Studies. I give Oakwood School Five Stars because the teachers work very hard to teach and inspire their students.

The Legacy School is a small, independent school for children with language-based learning…read moredisabilities. My son is in his third year and and is succeeding in school because of the private tutoring that is a part of the school day and the very small class size.

From the owner: We educate bright, capable, creative children with dyslexia. Our school is small, and has a…read morefamily-like atmosphere and feeling. Our educational program is highly individualized and tailored to meet the educational needs of each child.

I used to here at Paxton Campus and this is incredible school your adult kids will love working…read morehere and learning and challenging them selfs and such great education and the staff is blessing angels and have you feel so welcomed and hard working devoted and dedicated to your community others and biggest hearts and blessings and also have fun and enjoy there self and learn a lot and such patient supportive understanding gives good advice and for all the adults with disabilities and have them feel special and treated like a adult and bring your adults with disabilities and I RECOMMEND IT SO MUCH THEY ARE THE BEST EVER!! They are so passionate for Paxton Campus and the community and always strong positive staff and with a smile. Please come check it out Paxton Campus!!! They have you feel very welcome and like family and very helpful with information you need to know and need and help plus have awesome events and fundraising too and please donate donate to there Campus the more money the more they can change lives from now and the future thank you. I really appreciate it. Love Lauren

From the owner: The Aurora School is a caring, educational community that offers a quality education for…read moreindividuals with special needs. We provide a progressive learning environment that serves individuals with intellectual disabilities, ages 5 to 22. Using the latest techniques, curricula, and technology, students and their families become active partners in their individualized education program. We offer a wide variety of special education programs. Our curricula and activities are made to meet the individual student's needs. Among the skills we teach our students are: Verbal behavior Academic literacy Reading Social skills Self-management Problem-solving skills

I started my son here in the Winter of 2019. We were unsatisfied with the preschool program that he…read morewas in so we looked around to see if there was a place that would offer ABA therapy and be full-time as his preschool was part-time and often didn't have class due to administrative days and what not which was really frustrating. There aren't that many ABA centers that provide full day services and when I visited some of them they looked so cold and clinical. When I visited Ally I got a better, more personalized feeling since it was more open and you would see kids playing. They have great communication and I can always speak to the BCBA when I need to and the teachers are great. Additionally, when most preschools/day care centers were closed early on and often stayed closed in the pandemic, they were only briefly closed and were able to go back to providing in-home services which was great since as we all know that the pandemic has had a negative impact on kids with ASD due to lack of available/in person services. They have also been taking precautions during the Pandemic which is great. Although my son got off to a rocky start due to the new environment and change in schedule (to be expected with a kid with ASD), with each day we saw improvement. Over the past two years he has been at the center, he has become a more social, active, talkative little boy. We were sad to leave this past fall because we had such a great experience, but he has been thriving in kindergarten due to the foundation that was built at Ally. All in all this is a great place and if you're looking for quality ABA center, Ally Behavior Centers is the way to go.

From the owner: We provide center-based early intervention ABA therapy for young children. Every client is with us…read morefrom 9 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday in order to maximize the number of therapy hours proven to yield the most progress. Access to services beyond early intervention ABA therapy is readily available, such as speech therapy, occupational therapy, and psychological support. Our centers are lively with a variety of structured, natural, and preschool-like environments that fully support and encourage each client to grow. Every child is paired with a team of 1:1 therapists who they rotate through, allowing them to learn from different individuals but also maintain consistency in relationships.

Absolutely the best place to take your training. Very well knowledgeable instructors. Easy to sign…read moreup and pay. Class instruction efficient and easy going. A lot of interaction, especially with the various changes in the industry. Glad I signed up! Will be back!!!

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One of the biggest problems that I had was with the kids who went there. A lot of them acted like…read morelittle children (in the same manner a lower schooler would act) and were extremely immature and annoying. I remember the teacher telling students to walk down a hallway without acting out, which we had to redo. At lunch period during my senior year, they were running around & were completely out of control. When we read Shakespeare, some of the kids in my class would read it in a Jamaican accent & they would start laughing. Almost everybody would constantly laugh at things that were said & certain words in Hamlet which weren't funny. I don't think it was fair that I had to be in the same classroom as the rest of them. One of the most embarrassing things to deal with was at my time at KTHS was going to field trips. Some people would laugh at us because of the way some people acted. They also seemed to have never grown up. A lot of them liked to talk about things that I stopped being interested in when I was 11 or 12. When I was waiting at the bus stop, my classmates would throw Cheetos & sticks on the road & laugh when somebody ran over it. And don't get me started on the outbursts during class. I gave specific examples of what I had to deal with, but it was all day, every day, a lot all the time. For most of my day I had to deal with either somebody acting out, being disrespectful & rude, or just being annoying. The staff were almost as bad because they were unable to properly discipline students. I don't remember kids being kicked out of class, which should have happened all the time. Sometimes support staff came into our classroom to support other students & would sit there & stare at me. They & other teaching assistants would go around the classroom & look over my shoulder at what I was working on & make sure I was doing it correctly, as if I was too stupid to do work by myself & was a little. My math teacher would yell & get angry for getting a question wrong, for not understanding something, or for other things without good cause. Everybody got very little out of math classes due to the way we were taught. During classes, I was pulled out to speak with a therapist even though I didn't want to. One of them came up to me out of the blue and angrily told me that it was my fault for my social situation because I didn't interact with the students enough. I was also taken out of the class with another student to watch tv shows to comment on what was going on as if I was too stupid to understand what was happening and one semester, most the class was taken out for speech class. During my last year, I was taken out of lunch once a week to participate in an awkward group therapy session, which was almost as bad as dealing with the students at lunch. The academics were a complete joke. A lot of the work was the same type of work that I did when I was in middle & lower school & was completely dumbed down. For instance, in my health class, the teacher gave us a paper with a human body & 4 major organs and our assignment was to label the major organs. A couple of years before when I was at a different school, I had a health teacher who taught us at a high school level, & it was extremely frustrating to go from a high school level of being taught at a lower school level. In English class we barely wrote anything and in my government class, everything was too simplified. For my history exam & quizzes there were questions such as "find California on the map" and "who made the I had a dream speech". I did not do any studying for exams. In some instances, I received high grades without trying. I remember getting a 99 percent on one of my history exams. The only exception was my math exam, which isn't surprising since I wasn't properly taught math & felt uncomfortable all of class. BTW, I really enjoyed taking Geometry & Algebra II while my younger brother (who was in middle school at the same time) was doing the exact same thing as I was. The only class that I felt was somewhat at my grade level was chemistry. I remember getting a B on my exam without studying but I don't think I received a decent chemistry education. I studied so little at KTHS that I felt guilty I passed without doing any work. I had to take a math test to graduate high school and while I was taking it, I was angry & stressed out about what was going on around me & was unable to focus and think properly. I ended up failing & had to retake the test. Thanks to KTHS, I was robbed of a high school education & a high school experience. I do not believe that I deserved to have graduated from high school because I didn't do the proper work. When I look back & think about my time at KTHS, I regret that I didn't quit high school. I now know that quitting high school would have been a better route for me, because there was no point in sitting there & not learning anything while dealing with annoying students & staff.

This is a school that legitimately cares about, and gets to know, each student who learns beneath…read moretheir roof. Staff current and past, students, and families become extended family and often return to the school after they no longer attend or work there. Genuinely good people all around: staff, students, admin, and families.

Solid team of speech therapists that really care and that really taylor the needs to your child…read more Julie is the best!

Julie is the best! Her extensive knowledge and positive energy make her a wonderful therapist. She…read moregoes out of her way to stay in contact with parents and make the child feel like they're just having fun! I would highly recommend Julie to anyone who has a child with a speech or language delay.

I cannot say enough great things about Verbal Beginnings. we've participated in Healthy Beginnings,…read moreVerbal Beginnings & Social Beginnings. All the therapists have been the most amazing. My LO is going to be starting public school knowing how to read, write AND DO MATH!!! I am actually scared no one can match VB.

From the owner: Verbal Beginnings changes lives. One child at a time. One professional at a time. An accredited…read moreApplied Behavior Analysis organization, Verbal Beginnings provides center-based and in-home services to children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder and families across the MD, PA, DE, NoVA & DC areas. Focusing heavily on quality, progress, and parent involvement, Verbal Beginnings' Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) and Registered Behavior Technicians (RBTs) work with families in a team environment to achieve the optimal success for each individual child.