Second Start Learning Disabilities Programs

Second Start is a nonprofit private organization that provides specialized academic, transitional, and/or therapeutic services to disadvantaged, at risk children and young adults who are challenged by learning and social or emotional differences.

Beginning in the 1976, the Second Start opened Pine Hill School – ED Program, which delivered school based services to students in grades 1-12. These services provided a multi-disciplinary, academic and therapeutic programs geared toward developmentally disabled and emotionally troubled special needs children.

In 2003 Second Start launched the Newton Learning Center, an educational program specifically tailed to the educational advancement of students with Asperger’s Syndrome symptoms and students on the upper end of the Autism spectrum (1-12), also referred to as High Functioning Autism. In the Newton Learning Center we put a strong emphasis on teaching social thinking – not just social skills. While learning to think socially will help students to become more aware of the world around them and how their behavior affects others. Our team consists of parents of Aspergers students, and adults with Aspergers. The teachers also collaborate closely with Speech Pathologist, Occupational Therapist, MFT’s, and Behavior Interventionists to support students within the classroom and to individualize appropriate strategies for each student.

Students can be placed privately by parents or be placed by their school district. (with an IEP).

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Newton Learning Center Northern Nevada