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Best Special Needs Schools in Taylor, Arizona (2026)

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Valley Springs Academy

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Serving Taylor, AZGrades K-12

Valley Springs Academy is an ESA-approved online special education school for Arizona students in Kindergarten through Grade 11. We serve students with disabilities, including autism and other learning differences, who do better with a structured, predictable school day they can attend from home. Our certified educators teach small virtual class groups and use Specifically Designed Instruction to adapt content, pacing, and lesson delivery to each student. We build lessons on Universal Design for Learning so every student has more than one way to access material and show what they know, and we ground our teaching in John Hattie's Visible Learning research on what moves achievement forward. Academics come first, and we also teach the skills that make learning stick: executive functioning (planning, organization, and self-management), communication and social skills, and practical life skills that build independence. We enroll families statewide, from Phoenix, Mesa, Chandler, Gilbert, Scottsdale, and Tempe to Glendale, Surprise, Goodyear, Avondale, Tucson, Flagstaff, Yuma, Kingman, and Show Low. Our team walks families through Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) eligibility, enrollment forms, and documentation, then builds an individualized learning plan with each family before classes start. Our principal, Dr. Tracie Wendorf-Salgado, has taught special education for more than 25 years.

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Private online special education school (K-11)AutismLearning differencesOnline special education
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Achieve School for Autism - Taylor

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Taylor, AZ

Achieve School for Autism's Silver Creek campus in Taylor serves students with autism in the Silver Creek area of the White Mountains. Achieve School for Autism is a private school for children with autism with campuses in Phoenix and Arizona's White Mountains. The school uses evidence-based practices in a structured learning environment, with a standards-based curriculum, sensory integration techniques, and behavior strategies tailored to each student. Its signature S.M.I.L.E. program, short for Sensory-Motor Interactive Learning Experiences, uses structured, research-based sensory-motor activities to support educational and behavioral development. Instruction draws on Unique Learning System, a standards-based curriculum designed for students with autism and other special needs, along with IXL for personalized practice and Generation Genius for science and math in kindergarten through eighth grade. ABA support comes through Lexington ABA Solutions, which works with each child's teacher on skill acquisition and behavior reduction goals, and the school offers arts and music therapy, sensory exploration, and other enrichment. Low student-to-teacher ratios keep attention personal, and families are invited into a strong school community. The school provides free transportation and states that families pay no out-of-pocket costs, with many covering tuition through Arizona's Empowerment Scholarship Account program.

  • Private special education school for students with autism
  • Autism
  • Financial aid
  • K-12
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Planning guides

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Use these guides before you contact programs, schedule tours, or ask your IEP team how a proposed setting will support your child's goals.

Arizona ESA allowable items guide

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How to choose a special needs school

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IEP process guide

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