UCP Bailes Early Childhood Academy (Infants-Pre-K)

Morning Star Catholic School provides individualized education and support for students with cognitive disabilities, autism, and learning disabilities. With small class sizes, dedicated staff, and a nurturing environment, we help students discover their gifts and achieve their personal best.

Academy for Autism in Orlando, Florida, is a dedicated private day school providing specialized, evidence-based education for children and adolescents on the autism spectrum and those with related developmental and communication delays. Founded in 2011, the academy embraces a student-centered philosophy where customized learning pathways, small class sizes, and structured sensory supports empower students to reach their full academic and personal potential. Instruction incorporates Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) principles alongside individualized academic curricula, targeting functional academics, social cognition, daily living skills, and emotional regulation. Classrooms maintain low student-to-teacher ratios (4:1 or lower) led by certified special education educators and behavioral therapists. The school actively collaborates with families to develop comprehensive Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) that prepare students for meaningful community integration and greater independence.

Amazing Explorers Academy at Waterford Lakes in Orlando, Florida, is an innovative STEAM-focused early childhood academy established in 2014 to educate infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergarteners (ages 6 weeks to 6 years). Developed in collaboration with educational experts from the STEM Education Coalition, the academy combines Reggio Emilia-inspired inquiry with hands-on science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics. Operating with a low 6:1 student-to-teacher ratio, classrooms feature interactive robotics, coding logic games, digital microscopes, and sensory exploration labs. Certified early educators deliver differentiated instruction that builds cognitive resilience, fine motor mastery, and language development, creating an inclusive and supportive environment for early learners with sensory processing differences and focus challenges.