Utah Connections Academy

The Carmen B. Pingree Autism Center of Learning in Salt Lake City is one of Utah's longest-established schools for children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders. Pingree provides preschool, elementary, and secondary classrooms using evidence-based autism practices, and is part of Valley Behavioral Health's autism services continuum. Families also access parent training and sibling support resources connected to the Pingree program.

Challenger School - Holladay is an early-childhood program in Salt Lake City, UT for families exploring preschool and pre-K options while planning for autism, speech delays, developmental needs, or learning-difference supports. Submit an inquiry through Special Needs USA to ask about age ranges, schedules, tuition, enrollment, and available supports.

Challenger School has operated private campuses since 1963 and runs 27 locations across the West, including six in the Salt Lake City area. The Salt Lake campus sits at 1325 South Main Street with easy freeway access, safety gates, a security guard, and hours from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The campus offers preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school. Preschool programs mix music, reading, math, art, drama, social time, science, and physical activity. The kindergarten program balances play and structured learning, and elementary students are taught to think critically within a values-based curriculum. Admission requires a campus visit, an in-person interview and evaluation, and a placement test for kindergarten through eighth grade applicants. Children must be at least 2 years 9 months for preschool in Utah and toilet trained. Acceptance is not guaranteed, and class placement is based on scholastic expectations, student motivation, and comportment.