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When we set out to create Cajal Academy, we soon discovered that more than just a ‘tweak’ was needed to align the traditional educational system with all scientists now know about the human brain, its connections to the body, and how children learn and experience the world. That’s why we are founded as a non-profit organization with a dual mission: to develop new educational models, and apply them in a flagship school.

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Posts in Case Studies

From Crisis to the College of his Dreams

Case StudiesCajal AcademyMay 18, 2024Our Story, High School, College, Community Support

Big Learnings in a Tiny House: A Therapeutic Approach to Project-Based Learning

Academic skills from math to alternative energy sources came together with executive function, fine motor and social skill therapies in our Tiny House project. Read our case study to find out more about how we are adapting the project-based learning framework to incorporate therapeutic programming!

Case Studies, AcademicsCajal AcademyMay 9, 2020Project-Based Learning, Therapeutic Programming, Innovations

Math Without Numbers, or Words: A Case Study of Individualized Learning

Find out how data-driven, individualized instruction helped changed one child's relationship to math from "I just can't" to "wow I'm good" when his teachers removed all the language and digits that were getting in the way--and then used OT strategies to built up those capacities, through neuroplasticity.

Case Studies, Academics, PedagogyCajal AcademyAugust 8, 2019Math, Body-Informed Learning, Individualized Instruction, Innovations