Leslie Shankman School Corporation

The organization operates the hyde park day School for students with learning differences and needs that cannot be met in a regular School setting. They serve students from kindergarten through eighth grade with locations in chicago, il, northfield, il, and lemont, il for up to 180 pupils. The students have average to superior intelligence. The majority of the students transition back to a regular School and go on to attend and complete college.

The hyde park day School operates a teacher training institute where it trains teachers on who to use the wilson reading and multisensory math programs to help students with learning differences in these areas.

The organization operates the sonia Shankman orthogenic School, a day School for students with profound emotional issues. It serves students from kindergarten through twelfth grade. A large majority of students graduate to college, back to their home schools or to less restrictive environments. Therapeutic services are provided for students attending the sonia Shankman orthogenic School. The residential program was closed in fy2021, in order to triple the size of the day program over the next 4 years to a maximum of 140 students. The day School also includes a transitional program.

The orthogenic School opeartes a summer camp for students with social and emotional needs and a separate diagnostic and evaluation assessment center.