We are dedicated to fostering the development of children, adolescents, and young adults by creating a broad range of high-quality learning environments and specialized services that encourage each individual student and employee to reach his or her potential.

At Schools for Children, Inc., we have a long history of creating programs that explore cutting edge approaches to educating, coaching and guiding young people through the challenges of growing up in an increasingly complex world.

Dearborn Academy is a Chapter 766 approved, psychoeducational day school serving children and adolescents aged 6-22 with emotional, behavioral, and learning disorders. Dearborn provides a comprehensive program that stresses academic instruction and remediation, therapeutic intervention, and social skills development. It traces its origins to 1949.

The Lesley Ellis School, an independent day school for children in pre-school through Grade 5, offers a progressive, developmental approach to learning in all of its classrooms. They school places special emphasis on small student-to-faculty ratios, foreign language instruction starting at the youngest grade, and a comprehensive anti-bias/multicultural curriculum. While the school traces its origins to 1889, its official beginnings as the Lesley Ellis School are pegged at 1949.

One of our newest initiatives is the Seaport Campus, our second Chapter 766 approved day school that serves students aged 14-18.The school combines core academics with hands-on learning in a maritime setting. This small alternative program is tailored to adolescents who have lost interest in traditional studies and “gotten lost” in large public high schools as a result of severe learning disabilities and/or significant mental health problems.