14 Top Schools in Atlanta and Beyond for Students with Special Needs and Learning Differences
Parents sometimes don’t know where to begin – here are some great options. These schools provide specialized learning strategies to put non-traditional learners on the path to success.
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Wardlaw School of the Atlanta Speech School
The Wardlaw School at the Atlanta Speech School serves children with dyslexia in grades K–6 through individualized, evidence-based instruction in intentionally small classes. With unmatched expertise in language, literacy, and dyslexia, Wardlaw helps children become deep readers, confident learners, and strong self-advocates.
Brookwood Christian School
At Brookwood Christian School, they have spent the past 21 years helping students in grades 1-12 with learning differences like dyslexia and dyscalculia. Among the many programs used are Wilson Reading and Teaching Textbooks Math. These programs use systematic phonemics and multi-sensory practices to improve comprehension and auditory processing.
The Cottage School
The Cottage School (TCS), founded in 1985, is “Different from Day One”, creating a place where students who learn differently are understood, supported, and celebrated. As an accredited K–12 school in Roswell, TCS offers small 10:1 class sizes, individualized instruction, and a structured environment that supports academic, social, and emotional growth.
Currey Ingram Academy
Currey Ingram Academy is a leading day and boarding school for students with learning differences near Atlanta and Nashville, serving grades JK-12. They specialize in supporting students with dyslexia, ADHD, executive function challenges, and other learning differences through small classes, individualized learning plans, and evidence-based teaching.
GRACEPOINT School
GRACEPOINT School is a private Christian school in Marietta serving dyslexic students in grades 1-8. Students receive a comprehensive, high-quality education that combines remediation with enrichment and acceleration.
The Howard School
The Howard School understands that each child possesses unique potential that cannot be unlocked through a “one size fits all” academic approach. Our school is dedicated to nurturing children with language-based learning differences in a welcoming and compassionate environment. Here, your child can relax, come alive, and rediscover the joy of learning.
Mill Springs Academy
Mill Springs Academy is a private school serving grades 1-12 that empowers students with ADHD, learning differences, and those on the autism spectrum to discover their strengths and thrive. Through a hands-on, project-based learning approach, they integrate academics with practical skills to build critical thinking, executive functioning, and social-emotional intelligence.
Porter Academy
Working with each family, Porter Academy strives to create an accepting community that meets each child where they are academically, developmentally, socially, and emotionally and challenges each child as much as is appropriate for that child at that time.
Sage School
Learning how to learn is one of the greatest gifts a child can receive. At Sage School, students in grades K-6 are presented with tools and strategies to unlock the code of the English language. Language instruction and Orton-Gillingham remediation form the core of the education of a Sage School student.
Saint Francis School
A new chapter begins at Saint Francis Schools! This fall, their Milton campus is expanding to include middle school (grades 6-8), bringing a proven, supportive program closer to more families. As a school for all learners, each student at Saint Francis is seen, heard and valued, especially those who benefit from support in reading, writing, math or executive functioning.
The Schenck School
Widely regarded as one of the top elementary schools in the U.S. for dyslexic students, The Schenck School focuses on accelerated remediation of dyslexia using a highly diagnostic and prescriptive application of the Orton-Gillingham Approach with small group instruction across all subjects.
Stepping Stones Preschool at Atlanta Speech School
Stepping Stones is the only multi-disciplinary program of its kind in Georgia, focused on maximizing brain development during the most critical early years—when 90% of growth occurs before age five. Serving children ages 3 through kindergarten with mild to moderate speech and language delays, the program provides expert, individualized early intervention when it matters most.
Swift School
Swift School transforms the educational journey for K-8 students with dyslexia and other language-based learning differences, ADHD, or executive functioning challenges. With an exceptional 6:1 student-to-teacher ratio, Swift delivers personalized, immersive, multisensory instruction that meets each child where they are.
The Walker School
The Walker School’s innovative New Avenues Dyslexia Program serves children in grades 1-5 with dyslexia who have above-average academic aptitude and a strong desire to fulfill their abundant potential. Students in New Avenues are excited to learn and receive daily small-group instruction utilizing the Orton-Gillingham approach.
