Educating Neurodiverse Students in 6th through 12th Grade for Over 20 Years!
The Springstone School, a Nonpublic School (NPS), accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), and certified by the California Department of Education (CDE). Springstone is an all Special Education school serving neurodiverse students from all over the Bay Area with Executive Function challenges that affect their ability to organize and prioritize information and make meaningful social connections.
Springstone offers a serene and calm learning environment, nestled along the Las Trampas creek in Lafayette. Springstone has two unique programs, a Middle School program serving grades sixth through eighth and a Community High School program serving grades ninth through twelfth. Springstone students are placed privately or through their home school district with a referral and may be enrolled year-round. We believe our students will develop strategies for use in academic and social settings if they are part of a community that understands, accepts, and challenges them.
Springstone students learn organizational and planning skills within the context of an academically rigorous middle school and high school curriculum that follows the framework of the California Common Core Standards. Small, self-contained, structured classrooms (eight students per class) allow for individualized instruction, collaboration, discussion, and conversation within multiple modalities. We use a wide variety of materials including use of Chromebooks, textbooks, hands on learning, and online resources. Each classroom is fully equipped with Promethean Smart Boards integrated with Google Classroom.
Springstone’s programs integrate pragmatic language, occupational therapy, mindfulness, organizational skills, work skills, and life skills in the academic classroom as well as in activities that take place in the community. Our programs aim to strengthen skills by emphasizing processes to improve production. We have a one of a kind ACCESS program bringing our students into the greater community for project-based learning.
Springstone offers a one of a kind ACCESS program. ACCESS is our experiential learning program geared toward bringing students into their local communities to learn how to be independent and active community members. Our students learn best by doing, our program includes travel training, transition planning, volunteer opportunities, executive functioning skills, work skills, and much more.
We invite you to visit Springstone to learn more about our unique programs! We offer Group Tours for parents and advocates as well as Open Houses for families. Learn more about our programs and RSVP for one of our events by visiting us: www.thespringstoneschool.org
