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Center Academy | CenterAcademy.com | McKay School Provider
Palm Harbor 727-781-2986, infoPH@centeracademy.com
Multiple locations including Lutz, Riverview, Pinellas Park
4 - 12th Grade - Serving bright students who may have a learning difficulty or
ADHD and students who thrive in a small, safe, and individualized setting. Providing
students with a learning environment that facilitates the development of self confidence,
motivation, and academic skills and gives students the opportunity to achieve success.
Focus Academy | FocusAcademyTampa.org | Charter School
304 Druid Hills Rd., Temple Terrace, info@focusacademytampa.org
813-443-5558, Ages 14 - 22 - Focus Academy’s special needs education program
for students ages 14-22 is structured with dual purposes: academic achievement and
social success. We offer differentiated, individualized instruction, but emphasize a
full high school experience including creative arts, physical education and state of the
art technology. Our post-high school Transition Program moves students into the
community to continue building independence, self-esteem, and workplace competence.
Center for Education School of the Arts, 813-720-1166
FACE (FL Autism Center of Excellence), 813-985-3376
Florida Autism Center, 813-981-0815, Tampa
Learning for Life Academy, 813-445-4229, page 13
Pepin Academies Riverview Campus, 813-533-2999
Special Kids Academy, 727-204-4545, Seminole
The Broach School, 813-963-0901, BroachSchool.org
STATE/HILLSBOROUGH COUNTEDUCATION
Hillsborough County School District | Exceptional Student Education
813-273-7025, see article on pages 2 and 3
The HCPS Exceptional Student Education Department is dedicated to providing
students with a continnuum of services and programs to meet the individual needs of
each studenter who is elgible for special education and related services, ages 3 through 21.
FDLRS | fdlrs.mysdhc.org/Parent_Services | Parent Liaison Project
813-837-7732 for English, 813-837-7728 for Spanish
fdlrsparentservices@sdhc.k12.fl.us
Guiding and empowering families to become collaborative, effective advocates for their
child with special needs by providing information, help and support to promote academic
and social success in school and within the community.
The Children’s Board of Hillsborough County | childrensboard.org
813-229-2884, scottps@childrensboard.org
The Children’s Board invests in partnerships and quality programs to support the success
of all children and families in Hillsborough County.
ADA Coordinators & Compliance, fldoe.org/contact-us/
americans-with-disabilities-act-ada-co.stml
Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services
(BEESS), fldoe.org/academics/exceptional-student-edu
Division of Blind Services (DBS), dbs.myflorida.com
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (VR),
rehabworks.org, 813-402-0362
FAAST (Fl Alliance for Assistive Tech), faast.org
Florida Department of Ed, www.bit.ly/disabilityed
Florida Inclusion Network, floridainclusionnetwork.com
Florida Instructional Materials Center for Visually
Impaired (FIMC-VI), 813-837-7826, fimcvi.org
ICEI (USF Interdisciplinary Center for Evaluation
and Intervention) 813-974-0968, icei.fmhi.usf.edu
SEDNET (The Multiagency Network for Students with Emotional/
Behavioral Disabilities), 727-873-4661, sednetfl.info
/CenterAcademy.com
/FocusAcademyTampa.org
/BroachSchool.org
/Parent_Services
/childrensboard.org
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/exceptional-student-edu
/dbs.myflorida.com
/rehabworks.org
/faast.org
/disabilityed
/floridainclusionnetwork.com
/fimcvi.org
/icei.fmhi.usf.edu
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