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Alternative Education, Sensory Learning and Healing/Educational Centers & Retreats

Alternative Pre Schools - Ages 2 -5

Alaya
3340 19th Street, Boulder, 80304
Phone: 303-449-5248

Alia exists as a preschool in order to offer young children the warmth, nurturing and acceptance that allows them to trust and open to themselves and the challenges of the world. At Alaya, the teacher moves through the growth and educational process with the child from age 2 -5. Young people learn primarily through their senses and their body. Experiential, compassionate, heart-centered, community-based, parent participation. Waiting list.

The Boulder Waldorf Kindergarten
4072 North 19th Street, Boulder 80304
Phone: 303-5411-0671

As with all Waldorf Schools, the objective is to provide a nurturing, supportive place for children to grow, unfold and learn. The goals of the Boulder Waldorf Kindergarten are to encourage each child's lifelong love of learning by fostering the child's keen interest in all that he or she encounters and to inspire the child's reverence for all humanity and the world of nature. BWK values the gifts that each child brings and base their education on the understanding that the child learns best through emulating the healthy work of adults. By engaging every aspect of the child's being, they support the development stages necessary for positive thinking, nurturing feelings and pupose-filled willing. With this in mind, they strive to offer an environment which supports and nourishes all areas of the child's development. (Shining Mountain and Shephard Valley Waldorf Schools are also located in Boulder, CO and all three schools nurture a rich spiritual environment).

*Special note form IBC - BWK brings many gifts to indigo children yet we are cautious about their intention that eliminates traditional academics. Our experience is that it does not foster whole brain integration, ie, without academic learning, the child's left brain is under stimulated.

Sunflower
3340 Dartmouth Avenue, Boulder, CO 80303
Phone: 303-494-2012

The Sunflower Preschool is a Montessori-based eclectic preschool that also incorporatesNAEYC educational philophies concerning developmentally appropriate learning environments.The classroom is designed to meet the needs of the children's sensitive periods of learning, ie, the children are encouraged to choose work and activities that interest them from a wide range of materials. There are daily times for group activities such as music, stories, guided role playing, problem solving practice, group presenations, show and tell an discussion. The large playground, with emphasis on hands-on exploration of our natural world, consists of various gardens, tipi, sandbox, play ground equipment, award-winning xeriscape berm, deck and grassy areas.

Alternative Middle Schools - Ages 5- 15

Rocky Mountain School for the Gifted & Creative
2897 Mapleton, Boulder, CO 80301
303-545-9230
www.rms.org

The Rocky Mountain School for the Gifted and Creative is a private, nonprofit school that accepts children ages 5 to 15. This school offers individualized learning plans that enable students to work at their own pace, ie, students are never told they have to wait for classmates to "catch up" before they can move on to more interesting work. Low student/teacher ratios enable teachers to provide individual support and guidance. Gifted children who are with their true peers, often for the first time, develop self-confidence and a sense of belonging. To be admitted to RMS, a student needs either a score of 125 or higher on a standard IQ test or demonstrates abstract reasoning abilities in the gifted range.

Horizon Middle School
Mohawk Street, Boulder
Phone: 303-447-5581

Horizons' kindergarden through eight grade is a school of choice based upon a lottery system within the Boulder Valley School District and is a member of William Glasser's Quality School Network. Horizons guides students to become self-directed learners and community contributors in a respectful, mutually caring learning environment. Horizons addresses the learning needs of the "whole" child and to identify and enhance the strengths of every student. Small classes, integrated curriculum, individualized learning goals, alternative assessments, including Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills (CTBS) and the Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP), flexible staff roles, Spanish language learning, shared governance by parents and professionals and extensive community participation characterize the school.

Alternative High Schools Ages 13- 17

The September School
1902 Walnut Street, Boulder,CO 80302
Phone: 303-443-9933

At September School, students find a supportive environment that encourages them to think for themselves. With a student ratio of eight to one, teachers can tailor assignments to fit each student's interests and learning style. Small classes allow students the time to question assumptions and explore issues in depth. They don't just acquire facts. Seeing how the material they are studying relates to their lives, makes it more interesting and easier to learn.
That's one reason why over 80% of September graduates continue their education.

Child Screening

Child Find
St. Vrain Valley School District
303-772-6649

Child Find offers free developmental screenings and evaluations to identify children with delays or disabilities from birth to five years of age. Any parent or caregiver who have concerns about their child's development can have testing done to determin if special services are required to help their child's development at no cost.

Sensory Integtration

Sensory Learning Institute
6290 Lookout Road,Suite B, Boulder,CO 80301
Phone: 303-530-4911
Internet: www.sensorylearning.com

Located in the foothills of the Colorado Rockies in Boulder, Colorado, Sensory Learning Institute offers children and adults an innovative, drug-free approach to developmental learning that utilizes supra-modal sensory stimulation that has been proven highly successful across a wide spectrum of populations including: Autism Learning and Behavior Problems Acquired Brain Injury Developmental Delays Birth Trauma ADD/ADHD Learning Enhancement With over ten years of documented success, Sensory Learning Institute® has developed a unique process that combines three highly effective and proven therapeutic modalities into one Supra-Modal Integrative Learning Experience®. They call this experience SMILE.

Direct Learning Institutes

Dreamcatcher Direct Instruction Centers
2355 Caynon Blvd. Suite 204, Boulder
Phone: 303-444-8422

400 S. McCaslin Avenue, Suite 121, Louisville,
Phone: 720-890-5000

1818 Mountain View Avenue, Longmont
Phone: 303-774-1818

Dreamcatcher Centers offer one-on-one instruction, ie, face-to-face teaching of carefully sequenced materials that build upon existing skills. Providing learners with constant feedback, the learner builds self-confidence and self esteem while using field tested materials and teaching methods that guarantee the learner to improve one grade level score in basic reading, spelling or math.

Healing Science Educational Programs & Schools

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