Join us at the Second Annual Twice Exceptional Teacher Education International Hybrid Conference--we'll be presenting!
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Read how Cajal Academy’s ground-breaking approach rewires the child’s brain, redefining what’s possible for them—and for the field of education!
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Working together to build a model theme park with scientifically-possible rides, twice exceptional students at Cajal Academy will be learning physics, mathematics, storytelling, social collaboration, executive function skills and more!
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Simone Biles showed the true depth of her courage by making the decision to put her mental health first—something in line with the principles of trauma-informed education. Find out more.
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Learn about a new approach to understanding and addressing children's behaviors that takes into account modern research on how hidden neurophysiological events can impact their learning, social and emotional experiences.
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Internationally-recognized neuropsychologist and Dr. Steven Mattis has joined Cajal Academy’s Board of Directors! Dr. Mattis continues to shape our innovative approach to education and support our students ‘on the ground’ as our Director of Programs and School Psychologist. Find out more about his research and his illustrative career!
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Find out how we’re combining science, photojournalism and perspective-taking on the isolation of quarantine through and project-based learning trip to Mars!
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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!
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It’s easy for distance learning to turn into a passive affair. Here are three tips for how to keep your kids moving, based on the ways we’ve turned Cajal Academy’s movement-based program into a remote learning program!
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Cajal Academy’s pilot program has officially expanded—and we are thrilled to watch the boys realize their own dreams for how kids might support each other at school, with an intentioned focus on setting our culture right from the start!
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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.
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Cajal Academy’s innovative and highly-individualized new educational model for empowering all children to optimize their own learning, social and emotional outcomes was born from one boy’s very unique needs, and his family’s journey with the connective tissue disorder that drives them.
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