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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Meet our team and learn about our innovative new educational model for students with high analytical and creative thinking skills, including expert programs for students with learning, social-emotional and/or physio needs.
Internationally-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 MoreFind out how we’re combining science, photojournalism and perspective-taking on the isolation of quarantine through and project-based learning trip to Mars!
Read MoreAcademic skills from math to alternative energy sources came together with executive function, fine motor and social skill therapies in our Tiny House project. Read our case study to find out more about how we are adapting the project-based learning framework to incorporate therapeutic programming!
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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