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ClearWater Academy

The solution you have been seeking for your child with learning differences

Resources

The following lists contain resources which may be of interest to parents. This information is provided for the benefit of our families, and ClearWater Academy is not directly responsible for the content of these resources.

Recommended Readingamazon-smile

  • The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children by Ross W. Greene, Ph.D.
  • Lost at School by Ross W. Greene, Ph.D.
  • The Brain that Changes Itself  by Norman Doidge, M.D.
  • The Horse Boy by Rupert Isaacson
  • The Out-of-Sync Child by Carol Kranowitcz
  • Made for Good Purpose by Michael McManmon, subtitled What Every Parent Needs to Know to Help Their Adolescent with Asperger’s, High Functioning Autism or a Learning Difference Become an Independent Adult
  • Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s by John Elder Robison
  • Born On A Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant by Daniel Tammet
  • Just Give Him the Whale!: 20 Ways to Use Fascinations, Areas of Expertise, and Strengths to Support Students with Autism by Paula Kluth and Patrick Schwarz

Websites

Academics

  • Georgia Accrediting Commission
  • SRA Number Worlds, our primary math curriculum – used in combination with supplemental materials as necessary
  • Orton-Gillingham Approach, strategies to help with reading comprehension and decoding
  • Specialized Program Individualizing Reading Excellence (SPIRE), strategies to help with reading comprehension and decoding
  • Seeing Stars, strategies to help with reading and spelling
  • Edmark, word recognition program
  • Readwell, reading and language arts curriculum

Parenting Resources

  • About.com: Parenting a Special Needs Child
  • DrBhargave.com: Board certified psychiatrist and dynamic speaker, Dr. Suvrat Bhargave, shares his insights on anxiety in children.
  • Cerebral Palsy Group

Scholarships and Financial Resources

  • Georgia Department of Education’s page on the Georgia Special Needs Scholarship (SB 10)
  • Georgia Student Scholarship Organization
  • National Association of Independent Schools

Social and Emotional Development

  • Grab the Wheel, our curriculum that helps young children manage explosive anger
  • The Power of Morning Meeting, an article published by Responsive Classroom
  • Research Links “Responsive” Teaching to Academic Gains, an article by Education Week
  • Collaborative and Proactive Solutions – an article by Lives in the Balance, Dr. Ross Greene’s non-profit organization dedicated to advancing special-needs education

Therapy

  • Outdoor Rec Adventures, our outdoor recreation therapy provider
  • Calvin Center, our therapeutic riding provider

Accreditation

Member of the
Georgia Accrediting Commission

Georgia Association of Private
Schools for Exceptional Children

Georgia Independent
School Association

Location

ClearWater Academy A school offering academics, therapies, assistive technology, social and emotional development, and career or college preparation for children with learning differences.
210 Greencastle Road Tyrone, GA   30290
PO Box 3513
Peachtree City, GA   30269
770-631-3650

Mailing Address

ClearWater Academy A school offering academics, therapies, assistive technology, social and emotional development, and career or college preparation for children with learning differences.
210 Greencastle Road Tyrone, GA   30290
PO Box 3513
Peachtree City, GA   30269
770-631-3650

contact info

Ph: 770.631.3650
Fx: 770.631.3649

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