If your child has learning differences and has struggled in a more traditional learning environment, Frostig may be the right fit for your family. Students who benefit from Frostig’s environment may be below grade level in reading, writing, and/or math.

In addition to academic difficulties, they may also be experiencing challenges with making or keeping friends, pragmatics, and/or executive functioning. Difficulties in one or more areas can lead to emotional stress and have a negative impact on a child’s self-esteem.

Our program is designed to address these needs and to rebuild your child’s confidence, self-esteem, and ability to navigate the world outside Frostig.

Frostig School welcomes students of all ages, from kindergarten through high school, who have complex learning challenges. Generally, our students have been diagnosed with learning disabilities such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, processing disorders and dyscalculia, while others live with ADHD, high functioning autism spectrum disorder and anxiety.

Most Frostig students contend with more than one challenge, such as dyslexia and ADHD, high functioning autism and auditory processing disorder. Our students are commonly described as kind, empathetic, friendly, and accepting of others.

Frostig is committed to serving students from all parts of our diverse Southern California community with students coming from over twenty different school districts and representing over 100 zip codes. As a nonpublic school, we partner with school districts who have agreed to fund a student’s placement at Frostig, and we work with the family and the district to implement the student’s IEP.

We also accept students whose families have decided to privately pay for their child to attend Frostig. For our privately funded students, we create our own goals for the student to work towards, not necessarily related to the child’s IEP.

We recognize that many students with learning differences have emotional disorders. We accept and serve these students as long as their emotional needs do not require an intensity of services beyond the scope of our program. Each application is carefully reviewed to understand the scope of the student’s needs and to determine if we are an appropriate environment able to meet those needs.

Frostig may not be an appropriate school for students who require a 1:1 aide for behavioral support or for those who need intensive therapeutic support due to mental health challenges.