Education 9
SCHOOLS
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, 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.
Pepin Academies | PepinAcademies.com | Charter School
Tampa 813-236-1755, Riverview 813-533-2999, & New Port Richey 727-233-2961
Tuition free, public, charter schools, serving students with learning related disabilities
in grades 3rd -12th grade, and also offering a transition, job training program for
students 18 to 22-years-old. Our mission is to empower students with learning and
learning-related disabilities to reach their full potential by providing a high-quality
education in a stimulating, low-threat environment with a wide variety of services.
FACE (FL Autism Ctr of Excellence), 813-985-3376
Florida Autism Center, 813-981-0815, Tampa
Learning for Life Academy, 813-445-4229
Special Kids Academy, 727-204-4545, Seminole
Tampa Pinnacle Academy, 941-755-1400, Tampa
The Broach School, 813-963-0901, BroachSchool.org
STATE/HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY EDUCATION
Hillsborough County School District | Exceptional Student Education
813-273-7025, www.sdhc.k12.fl.us, see page 8
The HCPS Exceptional Student Education Department is dedicated to providing
students with a continuum of services and programs to meet the individual needs of
each student who is eligible for special education and related services, ages 3 through 21.
FDLRS | fdlrs.mysdhc.org/Parent_Services | Parent Liaison Project
813-837-7732 (English), 813-837-7728 (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.
ADA Coordinators & Compliance, fldoe.org/contactus/
americans-with-disabilities-act-ada-co.stml
Bureau of Exceptional Ed & Student Serv (BEESS),
fldoe.org/academics/exceptional-student-edu
Division of Blind Services (DBS), dbs.myflorida.com
FAAST (FL Alliance for Assistive Tech), faast.org
Florida Dept of Ed, www.bit.ly/disabilityed
Florida Inclusion Net, floridainclusionnetwork.com
Florida Instruct’l Materials Ctr for Visually Impaired
(FIMC-VI), 813-837-7826, fimcvi.org
ICEI (USF Interdisciplinary Ctr for Evaluation and
Intervention) 813-974-0968, icei.fmhi.usf.edu
SEDNET (Multiagency Net for Students with Emotional/
Behavioral Disabilities), 727-873-4661, sednetfl.info
Vocational Rehabilitation, rehabworks.org,
813-402-0362
/CenterAcademy.com
/FocusAcademyTampa.org
/PepinAcademies.com
/BroachSchool.org
/www.sdhc.k12.fl.us
/Parent_Services
/exceptional-student-edu
/dbs.myflorida.com
/faast.org
/disabilityed
/floridainclusionnetwork.com
/fimcvi.org
/icei.fmhi.usf.edu
/rehabworks.org
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