Empowering Growth Beyond the Classroom

At Pace Brantley Preparatory School, we believe that the journey to academic and personal success is a partnership between school and home. While our teachers and staff provide specialized, research-based instruction throughout the school day, we know that the most significant breakthroughs often happen when families feel equipped with the right tools and strategies in their daily lives.

This resource page is designed to be a living library for our current families and the wider community. We have carefully selected websites, organizations, and practical strategies that align with our mission of nurturing potential and building self-advocacy. Whether you are looking for ways to streamline your morning routine, seeking a deeper understanding of executive functioning, or looking for local providers who share our commitment to student success, you will find those connections here.

Explore the categories below to find actionable advice and expert guidance tailored to the unique needs of our students.

Academic & Literacy Support

• International Dyslexia Association (IDA): A premier resource for families navigating reading challenges, providing research and advocacy.
• Orton-Gillingham Academy: Information regarding the multi-sensory reading approach we utilize to empower students with dyslexia.
• Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA): Offers a wealth of information on specialized curriculum, pacing, and grading adaptations for diverse learners.
• Apple Accessibility: Tutorials for utilizing iPad accessibility tools and educational technologies to support classroom engagement.
• Learning Ally: Learning Ally equips early and struggling readers with human-read textbooks, trade books, and popular fiction, striving to help every student access information, acquire knowledge, and independently reach their full potential.
• Kids in the Syndrome Mix by Martin L Kutscher The all-in-one guide covers the whole range of often co-existing neuro-behavioral disorders in children – from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), obsessive-compulsive disorder, and anxiety, to autism spectrum disorders, nonverbal learning disabilities, Tourette’s, sensory integration problems, and executive dysfunction.

Social & Emotional Wellness

• Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD): Resources for managing executive function and building self-advocacy skills.
• Conscious Discipline: Conscious Discipline is a brain-based self-regulation model that transforms the approach to children’s behavior.
• Social Thinking: Frameworks and products designed to help students develop social skills and self-esteem.

Executive Functioning

• Child Mind Institute: Provides expert-level articles on the science of executive dysfunction. Their “School Success Kit” is a valuable resource for parents looking to bridge the gap between classroom strategies and home life.
• Understood: Empowering the 70 million people with learning and thinking differences in the United States.
• ADDitude Magazine: Robust repository for executive function strategies, including webinars, printable checklists, and reviews of organization apps.
• Smart but Scattered Kids: Founded by Dr. Peg Dawson and Dr. Richard Guare, this site is the home of the “Smart but Scattered” book series. It offers a free executive skills profile for parents to help identify their child’s specific strengths and weaknesses.
• Harvard University Center on the Developing Child: They offer a fantastic downloadable guide categorized by age (from toddlers to teens) with specific activities designed to strengthen the prefrontal cortex through play and daily interaction.
• The Pathway 2 Success: A great site for visual learners, offering social stories, executive functioning posters, and “task initiation” cards that parents can print and use at home.

Interactive Tools & Technology

• Goblin.tools: A free AI-based suite of tools specifically designed for people with executive dysfunction. Its “Magic ToDo” feature can take a broad task (like “Clean your room”) and automatically break it down into tiny, manageable steps.
• Life Skills Advocate: Offers a “Neurodivergent-Friendly Tool & Resource” list that reviews apps for visual timers, habit tracking, and digital planners specifically through the lens of executive function support.

Therapeutic Organizations

• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA): Information for families seeking to understand or supplement on-campus speech therapy.
• American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA): Resources regarding how occupational therapy supports student success in a school environment.
• Beacon College: A partner in higher education for students with learning differences. As a reminder, our graduates are eligible for a $10,000 per year scholarship to this institution.

Scholarship & Financial Resources

• Step Up For Students: Information on the FES-UA scholarship and other financial assistance programs that help make specialized education accessible.
• Florida Department of Education (Scholarship Programs): A guide to state-funded tuition discounts and scholarships.