Children’s Academy currently serves students in Kindergarten – 12th grade. We serve students with a range of disabilities.  All of our students benefit from intensive speech & language therapy in the classroom. 

We are located midtown east Manhattan. CA students come from all 5 boroughs and the surrounding NYC area.

Children’s Academy offers a 6:2:1 classroom ratio, where one of the staff members in the room is a Speech Pathologist, meaning that the child has access to formal speech and language therapeutic approaches throughout the day. We do not have aides or paras, rather every adult is an educator or therapist so support throughout the day is from a speech and language perspective. Additionally, the SLP teaches various academic blocks throughout the day. This means the students are learning specific subjects from SLPs who can work on their speech and language goals. 

Another unique and defining characteristic of Children’s Academy, is that we break the children into groupings for all their academic subjects. This ensures that our students are paired with learners at their level, not necessarily their grade. This is the case for Math, Reading, Language Arts, Schematic Play/Social Skills and OT group. By grouping the children based on their level, the content and pace of instruction is a better fit for each student, and they are not bound to learn based on the skills of students in their homeroom. Also, it enhances self-esteem because no student is “pulled out” of class for a subject, but rather the entire school is moving to their groupings together.  Within this model, awareness of skill differences is less obvious among the students. 

Yes we do!  If your four-year-old is a good fit for our kindergarten class they are welcome to begin before their fifth birthday.

No. Children’s Academy is not an ABA school.

We understand that searching for the best possible school for your child isn’t an easy process. It takes a lot of time, energy, and hard work on your part. That’s why we’ll do our best to let you know as quickly as possible if Children’s Academy can accommodate your child. 

Children’s Academy sees “Behaviors” as communication.  Our teaching methodology functions under the premise that once a child’s foundational & functional communication skills increase, behaviors decrease.  As we are not an ABA or “Behavioral School” we are unable to accept students whose behaviors result in safety issues for themselves or others.

An incoming new family can choose to start in July or September.  After a student’s first year, only 12-month contracts are given.

Children’s Academy operates on a 12-month academic calendar. We believe that continued education over the summer months provides valuable support and enhances progress for our learners.  That said, we have a break both at the end of June (about a week and a half) and in mid-August (about 3 – 4 weeks).

Our students arrive by both parent/caregiver drop off and school busing provided by NYC Department of Office of Pupil Transportation or your local school district.  In order for your child to receiving busing, it must be written in to your child’s IEP.

Currently tuition is $115,000.  This includes all services over the 12-month school year.

Children’s Academy does not provide financial aid. However, we do our best to work with families when we can. If you have any questions or would like to discuss financing your child’s education, please reach out to Jordan at jwishner@childrensacademynyc.org.

As a small non-profit independent school, we rely on tuition to keep our doors open.  That said, having a diverse socio-economic student population is invaluable and we will do what we can to make our school available to families regardless of financial status . If you are applying for a Connor’s seat, Children’s Academy will need the signed order that the DOE has agreed to fund the school year a family is applying for before a student begins at Children’s Academy.

Children’s Academy’s Parent Association collects dues annually from each school family. This agreed upon amount goes towards after school events, curriculum enrichment trips, and other PA needs.