Description: Gateway Academy is the first school in the United States specializing in students kindergarten through twelfth grades with Asperger’s Syndrome, High Functioning Autism, and PDD-NOS. Students/Disabilities Served: Asperger’s...

Description: Gateway Academy is the first school in the United States specializing in students kindergarten through twelfth grades with Asperger’s Syndrome, High Functioning Autism, and PDD-NOS. Students/Disabilities Served: Asperger’s...

Researchers in the UNC Early Brain Development Study tracking the development of the brain's emotion circuitry in infancy found that adult-like functional brain connections for emotional regulation emerge during the first year of life. And the...

While teacher mentoring has become nearly ubiquitous as an education reform, new research suggests state and district mentoring policies may leave gaps in support for special education teachers. Mentoring, in which a new or struggling teacher...

When children with autism get stressed, they often don't show it. Instead their tension might build until they have a meltdown, which can result in aggression toward others and even self-injury. Because these children often don't understand or...

Description: Gateway Academy is the first school in the United States specializing in students kindergarten through twelfth grades with Asperger’s Syndrome, High Functioning Autism, and PDD-NOS. Students/Disabilities Served: Asperger’s...

Description: Gateway Academy is the first school in the United States specializing in students kindergarten through twelfth grades with Asperger’s Syndrome, High Functioning Autism, and PDD-NOS. Students/Disabilities Served: Asperger’s...

Description: Gateway Academy is the first school in the United States specializing in students kindergarten through twelfth grades with Asperger’s Syndrome, High Functioning Autism, and PDD-NOS. Students/Disabilities Served: Asperger’s...

Autism in children can be diagnosed as early as 12 months of age by a specially trained clinician. Although a chronic diagnosis such as this one can seem overwhelming for parents, its timing is crucial to ensuring a happy and fulfilling life...

Navy SEAL deployments are often long and grueling, and leaving school-age children behind only adds to the challenge, especially if the children are struggling in school. If a father is “getting ready to go on mission , and there’s Timmy...