Pathways Academy
This year-round day school with full approval status by DOE serves up to 32 students ages 6 to 22 who have Asperger’s and related disorders as well as co-morbid psychiatric conditions. Small classrooms feature a social and language pragmatics approach with full-time occupational therapist, speech and language therapist and developmental neuropsychologist. It is located on the Belmont campus in space designed and renovated to meet the specific sensorimotor needs of this population. Pathways Academy, under the leadership of Helen Murgida, is part of the McLean Center for Neurodevelopmental Services (CNS), which also includes the summer day Camp New Connections. The CNS is led by Roya Ostovar, Ph.D.