Gifford provides individualized educational services (grades 3-12) within a therapeutic milieu to students with complex academic and social-emotional learning profiles.
Students who are most successful while at Gifford are those who, together with their families, actively engage in the Gifford Program. Students referred to Gifford must be found eligible for special education services and on an approved Individualized Education Plan. Gifford students are of at least average intelligence and can manage an academically and behaviorally based day school setting. Gifford works with students diagnosed with learning difficulties that may be based on neurological, social, emotional, or behavioral issues.
Students enrolled at Gifford experience poor self-image, difficulty forming personal attachments, expectation of a negative response from the environment, language processing disabilities, and a limited repertoire of social behaviors and problem-solving skills.
Diagnostic profiles of our students often include one or more of the following, however is not all inclusive:
Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Anxiety Disorders
- ADHD
- Executive Functioning difficulties
- Mood Disorders
- Trauma/PTSD
- Attachment Disorders
- Challenges with self-regulation
- Specific Learning Disabilities
For more information, please contact Kristi Penman, Admissions Director or by phone at 781-899-9500.