Educating Innovation
The Cajal Academy Blog
When we set out to create Cajal Academy, we soon discovered that more than just a ‘tweak’ was needed to align the traditional educational system with all scientists now know about the human brain, its connections to the body, and how children learn and experience the world. That’s why we are founded as a non-profit organization with a dual mission: to develop new educational models, and apply them in a flagship school.
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Cajal Academy offers a ground-breaking program that utilizes current neuroscience and project-based learning to empower bright, gifted and "2e" kids while remediating learning disabilities like dyslexia, dyspraxia and ADHD. Join us to learn more about our program and meet the team behind it. Open enrollment; rolling admissions.
Cajal Academy Co-Founder Cheryl Viirand revisits her own journey as a working parent to accept the reality that traditional educational environments weren't designed for complex kids like her own -- and how that led to re-engineering school from the ground up, using the neuroscience of how kids learn, socialize and grow.
Read MoreA letter from our Co-Founder on how caring for her children’s Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome led Cajal’s team to look in different places than other educators…leading us to discover solutions that are helping a much broader group of kids.
Read MoreWhat started as one mom's quest to meet her EDS kids' educational needs led to universal truths that can revolutionize education. Hear her reflections on two big milestones reached this spring!
Read MoreJoin us at the Second Annual Twice Exceptional Teacher Education International Hybrid Conference--we'll be presenting!
Read MoreCajal Academy has received official recognition as a tax-exempt organization. Read our announcement and consider making a donation to help us celebrate!
Read MoreWe’ve identified an opportunity to move our school to Westport, and we need your help to make it happen!
Read MoreInternationally-recognized neuropsychologist and Dr. Steven Mattis has joined Cajal Academy’s Board of Directors! Dr. Mattis continues to shape our innovative approach to education and support our students ‘on the ground’ as our Director of Programs and School Psychologist. Find out more about his research and his illustrative career!
Read MoreFederal education law provides for a spectrum of educational offerings—but what happens where “there is no school” for your child’s needs?
Read MoreCajal Academy’s innovative and highly-individualized new educational model for empowering all children to optimize their own learning, social and emotional outcomes was born from one boy’s very unique needs, and his family’s journey with the connective tissue disorder that drives them.
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