IEP help for parents at first-ever Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Conference to Dec. 5 in Reno RENO, Nev. – How far will a parent go to save a child from being chronically undereducated? Ask any of the parents of the students of Newton Learning Center, a school for …
Read More »From Chickens to Children: One Student’s Quest for Friendship
By Alice Griffin My son Daniel did well in elementary school, because the teachers worked with him. When he started middle school, we didn’t want him bussed far away as was typically the school district’s way of handling kids on the autism spectrum. We sent him to a charter school …
Read More »Newton Learning Center Hosts Free IEP Know Your Rights Seminar
Newton Learning Center, a Second Start Learning Disabilities Programs, Inc. school for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and other similar learning differences, is hosting a free Individualized Education Program (IEP) rights panel discussion on Saturday, Feb. 23, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the McKinley Arts & Culture Center …
Read More »Newton Learning Center: A School Where My Son and Daughter Thrived
Being a parent of a child with special needs can be a very overwhelming experience. I will never forget the day my daughter, Kristina, was first diagnosed with autism at age 7. Shortly thereafter, my son Matthew, was also diagnosed on the Autism Spectrum at the age of 4. One …
Read More »Reno Mom with Son on the Autism Spectrum Finds Caring, Supportive Teachers
Teachers who care and know how to help; these two factors are the takeaway messages I want other parents to know when considering enrolling their child in the Newton Learning Center of Northern Nevada. Newton is a private school catering to high-functioning children on the autism spectrum. It is successful …
Read More »How Newton Learning Center Helped My Son Find His Happiness
Uprooting a family and business is no small task, but when it came to education for our child, that is exactly what we had to consider. Since that child is on the autism spectrum, our decision was even more critical. Our son, Sam, was diagnosed as being on the …
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