The School offers a new concept for the learning disability community. It was developed by Amy F. Weinberger, CEO/President, with the goal of filling a gap for kids academically, cognitively, socially and developmentally. The GAP School offers the best of both worlds by offering the advantages of outcome-based learning with the ability to provide a highly customizable educational action care plan that meets the unique learning needs of each student.

Our students come from a variety of racial and cultural backgrounds, and from both public and independent schools around the state of Florida. Our student population includes — but is not limited to — students who may be diagnosed with a learning difference, dyslexia, attention-deficit disorder, anxieties and depression, gifted, or high-functioning autism or Asperger’s . But once students enter The GAP School, only multi-talented labels define them. The school does not accept students whose difficulties are primarily behavioral.

The philosophies of The GAP School are embedded in Howard Gardner’s multiple intelligence model and Dr. Mel Levine’s neurodevelopmental construct model. When the teaching team, students and families understand the student’s strengths and challenges, the outcomes are more realistic. Students start out with a multi-talented label instead of a learning disability label.