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SPECIAL EDUCATION

Special Schools


Carl Sandburg

Carl Sandburg provides instruction for students with learning disabilities and focuses on helping each student compensate for and/or remediate learning problems in a variety of ways. Depending on the severity of the disability, elementary students (Grades Kindergarten—5) are enrolled in school-based elementary learning centers of the Carl Sandburg Center.

Address: 1002 First Street, Rockville, MD 20850     Carl Sandburg 2022

Phone: 240-740-4340

 

 


 

Stephen Knolls

Stephen Knolls is a special center for students three to twenty-one years of age with severe to profound disabilities and/or intellectual disability. Staff members help students maximize their potential by building on strengths. Students receive instruction to develop skills in areas of academics, communication, mobility, self-help, socialization, and job preparation.

Address: 10731 St. Margaret's Way, Kensington, MD 20895     Stephen Knolls

Phone: 240-740-0050

  

 


 

John L. Gildner Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents - RICA

John L. Gildner Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents - RICA is a joint program of Montgomery County Public Schools and the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. The program serves children and adolescents with severe emotional disturbances. The goal of the RICA program is to identify, treat, and return students to an appropriate family, community, and academic or vocational setting as soon as possible.

Address: 15000 Broschart Road, Rockville, MD 20850     RICA

Phone: 301-251-6800

 

 


 

Rock Terrace

Rock Terrace serves students with multiple disabilities from Grade 6 through age 21. The primary disabling condition is either mild intellectual disability or a severe specific learning disability.  Additional conditions contributing to the need for a structured separate facility include speech and language disorders, emotional problems, seizure and other medical conditions and physical disabilities.  Instruction focuses on maximizing independence through a planned progression of academic and work activities.  Specialized services help college-bound students with disabilities make a successful transition from high school to college.

Address: 11400 Marcliff Road, Rockville, MD 20852     Rock Terrace

Phone: 240-740-4650

 

 


 

Longview

Longview is a special center that service students in kindergarten through age 21 with severe to profound disabilities and/or intellectual disability. Staff members help students maximize their potential by building on strengths.  Students receive instruction to develop skills in areas of academics, communication, mobility, self-help, socialization, and job preparation.

Address: 13900 Bromfield Road, Germantown, MD 20874     Longview

Phone: 301-601-4830

 

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