Best Special Needs Schools in Tinley Park, Illinois (2026)

Easterseals Academy is a non-public therapeutic day school run by Easterseals Serving Chicagoland and Greater Rockford, and our Tinley Park campus is one of three, alongside campuses in Chicago and Machesney Park. We serve students ages 3 to 22 who meet specific enrollment requirements. School districts contract with us to educate students with educational eligibilities of autism spectrum disorder, emotional disability, developmental delay, intellectual disability, multiple disabilities, or other health impairment, and we treat parents, guardians, and home districts as key partners. Our instruction targets academic performance, social and vocational skills, communication, and functional life skills for independence in the community, and students ages 18 to 22 can continue in our Post-Secondary Transition Program. Students from our Chicago and Tinley Park campuses have joined a White Sox Youth Baseball Camp held on our campuses.

• Non-public therapeutic day school
• Autism
• Emotional disabilities
• Developmental delays

Our Tinley Park school at 18501 Maple Creek Drive, Suite 200, is an ISBE-approved therapeutic school and nonprofit. Little Dreamers is a full-day program for learners ages 3 to 9 with intense needs, including speech and language impairment, developmental delays, and sensory processing disorder, with occupational therapy, speech, and ABA services. Our partnership with Lewis University supports students with speech and language delays. We also run a high school credit recovery program and Dream Catchers, a transition program with paid community internships for ages 18 to 22.

• ISBE-Approved Therapeutic Day School
• Autism
• Intellectual disability
• Emotional Disabilities