








Promoting Excellence in Pennsylvania's
Special Education Services
AAPS Directory
APSs are located where 91% of the Pennsylvania population resides. Learn more about the approved private schools by browsing our alphabetical list of schools throughout the state. The description for the approved programs for each school can be found using the key.
- AUT: Autism
- BL/VI: Blind/Visually Impaired
- DD: Developmentally Delayed (Early Intervention Services; to age 5)
- DF/HOH: Deaf/Hard of Hearing
- ID: Intellectual Disability
- MD: Multiple Disabilities (Coexisting Disabilities or Students with Cerebral Palsy or Muscular Dystrophy with Additional Disability)
- NI: Neurologically Impaired
- OHI: Other Health Impaired
- SED: Serious Emotional Disturbance
Approved Program/Services Provided Key
ACLD Tillotson School
Pittsburgh, PA
- Day or Residential: Day
- Age Range: 5-21
- Approved Programs/Services Provided:
AUT, NI
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(412) 881-2268
(412) 881-2268
- 4900 Girard Road
- Pittsburgh, PA 15227
- Get Directions
Camphill School
Glenmoore, PA
- Day or Residential: Both
- Age Range: 5-21
- Approved Programs/Services Provided:
AUT, ID
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(610) 469-9236
(610) 469-9236
- 1784 Fairview Road
- Glenmoore, PA 19343
- Get Directions
Centennial School of Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA
- Day or Residential: Day
- Age Range: 6-13 (AUT)/6-21(SED)
- Approved Programs/Services Provided:
AUT, SED
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(610) 266-6500
(610) 266-6500
- 2196 Avenue C
- Bethlehem, PA 18071
- Get Directions
Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech
Bryn Mawr, PA
- Day or Residential: Day
- Age Range: 3-5
- Approved Programs/Services Provided:
DF/HOH
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(267) 385-3436
(267) 385-3436
- 2 Penn Boulevard, Suite 220
- Philadelphia, PA 19144
- Get Directions
Community Country Day School
Erie, PA
- Day or Residential: Day
- Age Range: 6-21
- Approved Programs/Services Provided:
SED
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(814) 833-7933
(814) 833-7933
- 5800 Old Zuck Road
- Erie, PA 16506
- Get Directions
Davidson School
Elwyn, PA
- Day or Residential: Both
- Age Range: 3-21
- Approved Programs/Services Provided:
AUT, BL/VI, DD, DF/HOH, ID, NI, SED
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(610) 891-2000
(610) 891-2000
- 111 Elwyn Road
- Elwyn, PA 19063
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Delta School/Buttonwood Farms
Philadelphia, PA
- Day or Residential: Day
- Age Range: 4-21/6-21(SED)
- Approved Programs/Services Provided:
AUT, NI, SED
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(215) 637-8235
(215) 637-8235
- 3380 Byberry Road
- Philadelphia, PA 19154
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DePaul School for Hearing and Speech
Pittsburgh, PA
- Day or Residential: Day
- Age Range: 3-15
- Approved Programs/Services Provided:
DF/HOH
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(412) 924-1012
(412) 924-1012
- 6202 Alder Street
- Pittsburgh, PA 15206
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Devereux
West Chester, PA
- Day or Residential: Both
- Age Range: 5-21/6-21(SED)
- Approved Programs/Services Provided:
AUT, ID, NI, SED
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(610) 431-8100
(610) 431-8100
- 390 E. Boot Road
- West Chester, PA 19380
- Get Directions
Easterseals of Southeastern Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Kulpsville, Levittown & Media, PA
- Day or Residential: Day
- Age Range: 2-8
- Approved Programs/Services Provided:
AUT, BL/VI, DD, DF/HOH, ID, MD, NI
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(215) 879-1000
(215) 879-1000
- 3975 Conshohocken Ave
- Philadelphia, PA 19131
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Easterseals of Western and Central Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, PA
- Day or Residential: Day
- Age Range: 2-8
- Approved Programs/Services Provided:
AUT, DD, MD, NI
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(412) 281-7244
(412) 281-7244
- Six Parkway Center, Suite 150
- 875 Greentree Road
- Pittsburgh, PA 15222
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Elizabeth Lee Black School @ Barber National Institute
Erie, PA
- Day or Residential: Day
- Age Range: 3-21
- Approved Programs/Services Provided:
AUT, DD, ID, MD, NI, DF/HOH
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(814) 878-4052
(814) 878-4052
- 100 Barber Place
- Erie, PA 16507
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Fairwold Academy
Fort Washington, PA
- Day or Residential: Day
- Age Range: 5-21
- Approved Programs/Services Provided:
AUT, ID, SED
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(215) 643-5400
(215) 643-5400
- 2101 Pennsylvania Ave.
- Fort Washington, PA 19034
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George Crothers Memorial School
Swarthmore, PA
- Day or Residential: Day
- Age Range: 3-21
- Approved Programs/Services Provided:
DD, ID, MD, NI
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(610) 328-5955
(610) 328-5955
- 401 Rutgers Avenue
- Swarthmore, PA 19081
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Green Tree School
Philadelphia, PA
- Day or Residential: Day
- Age Range: 5-21
- Approved Programs/Services Provided:
AUT, SED
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(215) 866-0200
(215) 866-0200
- 1196 E. Washington Lane
- Philadelphia, PA 19138
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HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy
Philadelphia, PA
- Day or Residential: Both
- Age Range: 5-21
- Approved Programs/Services Provided:
MD, NI
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(215) 222-2566
(215) 222-2566
- 4400 Baltimore Avenue
- Philadelphia, PA 19104
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Martin Luther School
Plymouth Meeting, PA
- Day or Residential: Day
- Age Range: 5-14.5
- Approved Programs/Services Provided:
SED, OHI
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(610) 825-4440
(610) 825-4440
- 512 W. Township Line Road
- Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
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Melmark School
Berwyn, PA
- Day or Residential: Both
- Age Range: 5-21
- Approved Programs/Services Provided:
AUT, ID, NI
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(610) 325-4986
(610) 325-4986
- 2600 Wayland Road
- Berwyn, PA 19312
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Pace School
Pittsburgh, PA
- Day or Residential: Day
- Age Range: 5-17
- Approved Programs/Services Provided:
AUT, ID, NI, SED
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(412) 244-1900
(412) 244-1900
- 2432 Greensburg Pike
- Pittsburgh, PA 15221
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Pathway School
Norristown, PA
- Day or Residential: Day
- Age Range: 6-21/6-14(SED)
- Approved Programs/Services Provided:
AUT, ID, NI, SED, OHI
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(610) 277-0660
(610) 277-0660
- 162 Egypt Road
- Jeffersonville, PA 19403
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Pressley Ridge Day School of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
- Day or Residential: Day
- Age Range: 6-21
- Approved Programs/Services Provided:
SED
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(412) 287-9453
(412) 287-9453
- 530 Marshall Avenue
- Pittsburgh, PA 15214
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Pressley Ridge School for the Deaf
Pittsburgh, PA
- Day or Residential: Both
- Age Range: 6-21
- Approved Programs/Services Provided:
DF/HOH, SED
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(412) 458-1696
(412) 458-1696
- 40 Vancouver Avenue
- Pittsburgh, PA 15205
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Royer-Greaves School for Blind
Paoli, PA
- Day or Residential: Day
- Age Range: 4.7-21
- Approved Programs/Services Provided:
BL/VI (w/ secondary disabilities) ID,MD,NI, SED
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(610) 644-1810
(610) 644-1810
- 118 S. Valley Road
- Paoli, PA 19301
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The Day School at The Children’s Institute
Pittsburgh, PA
- Day or Residential: Day
- Age Range: 5-21
- Approved Programs/Services Provided:
AUT, ID, MD, NI
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(412) 420-2300
(412) 420-2300
- 1405 Shady Avenue
- Pittsburgh, PA 15217
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The School at McGuire Memorial
New Brighton, PA
- Day or Residential: Day
- Age Range: 3-21
- Approved Programs/Services Provided:
AUT, DD, MD, ID, NI
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(724) 891-7222
(724) 891-7222
- 2121 Mercer Road
- New Brighton, PA 15066
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Timothy School
Berwyn, PA
- Day or Residential: Day
- Age Range: 5-21
- Approved Programs/Services Provided:
AUT
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(610) 725-0755
(610) 725-0755
- 973 Old Lancaster Rd.
- Berwyn, PA 19312
- Get Directions
Valley Day School
Morrisville, PA
- Day or Residential: Day
- Age Range: 4-21
- Approved Programs/Services Provided:
AUT, NI, SED
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(215) 295-1155
(215) 295-1155
- 300 Allendale Drive
- Morrisville, PA 19067
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The Vanguard School
Malvern, PA
- Day or Residential: Day
- Age Range: 4-21
- Approved Programs/Services Provided:
AUT, NI, SED
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(610) 296-6700
(610) 296-6700
- 1777 N. Valley Road
- Malvern, PA 19355
- Get Directions
The Vista School
Hershey, PA
- Day or Residential: Day
- Age Range: 3-21
- Approved Programs/Services Provided:
AUT
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(717) 583-5102
(717) 583-5102
- 1021 Springboard Drive
- Hershey, PA 17033
- Get Directions
The Watson Institute
(Ed Centers, Friendship Academy & LEAP Pre-school)
Pittsburgh Area
- Day or Residential: Day
- Age Range: 3-21
- Approved Programs/Services Provided:
Ed Center-AUT, ID, MD NI; Friendship-AUT, ID, OHI, SED; LEAP-AUT, DD
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(412) 749-2860
(412) 749-2860
- 301 Camp Meeting Rd.
- Sewickley, PA 15143
- Get Directions
Wesley Spectrum Schools
Pittsburgh, PA
- Day or Residential: Day
- Age Range: 5-21
- Approved Programs/Services Provided:
AUT, SED
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(412) 885-7017
(412) 885-7017
- 5250 Caste Drive
- Pittsburgh, PA 15236
- Get Directions
Woods Services
Langhorne, PA
- Day or Residential: Both
- Age Range: 4.7-21
- Approved Programs/Services Provided:
AUT, ID, MD, NI, SED
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(215) 750-4000
(215) 750-4000
- 40 Martin Gross Dr., PO Box 36
- Langhorne, PA 19047
- Get Directions
Exceptionalities Served
Exceptionalities
Served

AUT | BL/VI | DD | DF/HOH | ID | MD | NI | OHI | SED | |
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ACLD Tillotson | |||||||||
Camphill School | |||||||||
Centennial School of Lehigh University |
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Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech |
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Community Country Day School |
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Davidson School | |||||||||
Delta School/ Buttonwood Farms |
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DePaul School for Hearing and Speech |
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Deveraux | |||||||||
Easter Seals of Southeastern PA |
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Easter Seals of Western & Central PA |
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Elizabeth Lee Black School at Barber Nat’l Inst |
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Fairwold Academy | |||||||||
George Crothers Memorial School |
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Green Tree School | |||||||||
HMS School | |||||||||
Martin Luther School | |||||||||
Melmark School | |||||||||
Pace School | |||||||||
Pathway School | |||||||||
Pressley Ridge Day School of Pittsburgh |
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Pressley Ridge School for the Deaf |
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Royer-Greaves School for the Blind |
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The Day School at The Children’s Institute |
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The School at McGuire Memorial |
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Timothy School | |||||||||
Valley Day School | |||||||||
The Vanguard School | |||||||||
The Vista School | |||||||||
The Watson Institute | |||||||||
Wesley Spectrum Schools |
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Woods Services |
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