Kennedy Krieger School: Fairmount Campus is a nonpublic special education day program for students in kindergarten through 8th grade. Maryland's education department approves the program, and the school year runs 11 months. Our students' needs range from mild to severe, and their diagnoses have included autism, emotional disability, intellectual disability, multiple disabilities, other health impairments, specific learning disabilities and traumatic brain injury.
Instruction follows Maryland standards in reading and English language arts, math, science, social studies, physical education, health, music, fine arts and career development. A low student-to-teacher ratio lets us carry out each IEP closely, and every student is assigned a behavior specialist, backed by positive behavioral supports, individual behavior plans and crisis intervention. Transition planning starts the day a student enrolls.
Our related service providers cover art and music therapy, assistive technology, counseling and mental health, physical therapy, psychology and speech-language pathology. Our library and media center, called Main Street, lends print and multimedia materials and has a stage for assemblies, plays and concerts. Most students are referred and funded by their local school system, and like all Kennedy Krieger school programs we are accredited by NCASES.