Norris Academy provides year round educational opportunities for all residents who are admitted to the program.  Certified special education teachers with specialized training around developmental diagnoses work collaboratively with the clinical and group living staff to provide individualized instruction and provide a closely structured and supervised atmosphere to promote academic success for all residents. The educational program includes a full curricula including commonly-accepted subjects such as mathematics, language arts, social studies and science.  In addition, Norris Academy also recognizes that some students’ education and developmental needs do not connect to traditional school curriculum and is able to provide more individual-based curriculum based on each resident’s educational and developmental needs.  Some common resident-specific curricula for the most severe educational barriers can include basic skills like eating, toileting, sharing, and meeting other basic developmental milestones.  Norris Academy best meets these individual needs through the IEP process.