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The Pathway School develops and implements innovative, quality programs and services that enrich the lives of children and young adults with special needs. Pathway builds the independence of its students in a nurturing and challenging environment that best prepares them for life after Pathway.

Description:
Pathway has an annual student enrollment of nearly 170, accepting students whose needs cannot be appropriately met by their local school districts. Common diagnoses of Pathway students include: Pervasive Developmental Disorder (mostly Autistic Spectrum Disorder), Tourette’s Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, anxiety and mood disorders, neurological impairment, and other neuropsychiatric disorders. To maximize each student’s educational and/or residential benefits, Pathway develops an Individual Education Plan (IEP) that serves as a contract with local school districts which outlines each student’s program including goals and specific techniques we will use to help the student learn.

Although Pathway students exhibit myriad combinations of problems and diagnoses, they share the need for a special education environment in which to grow and learn. While many students require a one-on-one relationship with educators and counselors, others need a 24-hour residential and educational setting. The latter reside at Pathway because their presenting problems demand consistency in a therapeutic environment where issues such as social interaction, self-care and independence can be addressed. Approximately one third of Pathway’s students are residential either on-campus or in our Community Living Program.

Students come to Pathway from more than 11 states and 53 school districts in Pennsylvania. Seventy-five percent of Pathway’s students are male and 25% female, reflecting the typical gender representation of these presenting problems in the population at large.

History:
The Pathway School is a non-profit, approved private school providing educational, residential, and clinical services to students ages 9 to 21 with special needs. Founded in 1961, Pathway was the first school in the Philadelphia area designed exclusively for the learning disabled child and the first in the nation to unify the disciplines of psychology, psychiatry, medicine, social work, and educational instruction.

Contact people:

William A. O'Flanagan , PhD, Executive Director, (phone), (email) Nicole Jones, Director Of Communications & Development, (phone), (email)

Office fax number: (610) 277-0660 /Fax# 610-539-1973

Address:

162 Egypt Road Norristown, PA 19403 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.PathwaySchool.org

Directions:

From PA Turnpike (Valley Forge Exit #326 – old exit #24): Exit at Valley Forge Interchange (exit #326). Follow signs for 422 west. It is important that you watch these signs for 422 West. Once on 422. . . (more) For maps or information, please see http://www.septa.com/

Miscellaneous Information

Are court referrals welcomed?
	No