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The Shirley Aninias School
25+ years of changing students’ lives
Unleashing the Brilliance in Every Child
Our mission is to partner with families and our community to capitalize on the strengths of our neurodiverse students.
The Shirley Aninias School
25+ years of changing students’ lives
Unleashing the Brilliance in Every Child
Our mission is to partner with families and our community to capitalize on the strengths of our neurodiverse students.
The Shirley Aninias School
25+ years of changing students’ lives
Unleashing the Brilliance in Every Child
Our mission is to partner with families and our community to capitalize on the strengths of our neurodiverse students.
The Shirley Aninias School
25+ years of changing students’ lives
Unleashing the Brilliance in Every Child
Our mission is to partner with families and our community to capitalize on the strengths of our neurodiverse students.
A Whole Child Approach
A School Devoted to Neurodiverse Students
Philosophy
Our Philosophy
The Shirley Aninias School is a developmentally oriented program committed to our unique learners. Our Whole Child Approach prioritizes the full scope of a child’s developmental needs (cognitive, social-emotional, behavioral, fine, gross motor, and health development) to ensure that every child reaches their full potential.
Approach
Our Approach
Our small class size allows us the flexibility to customize our program for each child to effectively address their learning needs. We begin each class in a group setting, while addressing their individualized needs, to acclimate our students to the more traditional learning approach.
LEARNING PROFILES
Learning
Our small class size allows us the flexibility to customize our program for each child to effectively address their learning needs. We begin each class in a group setting, while addressing their individualized needs, to acclimate our students to the more traditional learning approach.
A school where students
learn at their own pace in their own space
Parent of a former Shirley student
Shirley Aninias is the best! The eight years she worked with our son were life-changing for him and our family. He required full-time 1:1 support in school and an exhaustive schedule of related services when he first started seeing Shirley, but today, he’s a fully independent and successful freshman in a demanding mainstream high school.
Shirley’s expertise, personalized and carefully calculated programming, care, and advocacy has made the biggest difference for my son.
Parent of a former SAS Student
SAS and Ready, Set, Play! have transformed my whole family’s life. My son went from having many behavioral challenges, being asked to leave multiple programs to thriving at SAS. This fall he transitioned to a ICT class. He loves it and is successful. Shirley’s team’s personalized attention and individualized approach did wonders for my son’s self esteem. As a nervous mom, traumatized from lots of negative school situations, SAS supported me completely. The team made was always in touch with me. They gave us both the tools and confidence to transition to a mainstream setting. I am so happy my son still attends RSP to continue to develop his social skills and be a part of Shirley’s supportive community.
Parent of a current SAS Student
Shirley and her entire team are extraordinary—talented, experienced, resourceful and extremely kind. They listen, understand and believe in neurodivergent kids, figure out solutions that work, and implement them successfully. Words cannot express how grateful we are for SAS‘s support not only of our daughter but also us as parents. At SAS, our daughter has the support she needs to learn and thrive, and we are part of a powerful and inspiring community.
Parent of a current SAS Student
The SAS has proven to be the best choice of schools for our daughter for a multitude of reasons. From very thoughtfully understanding our daughter and her needs from Day 1, to navigating the difficult days with compassion and a proactive approach, while simultaneously providing a nurturing and supportive environment for our daughter to both learn and grow, Shirley and her insightful and dedicated team have consistently over-delivered for us and our daughter. We are thrilled with all the school has done and are so happy to be part of the burgeoning community that is The Shirley Aninias School.
