Caroline School Providing Education Through Help, Hope And Answers To Students With Disabilities

Mission

To provide unique educational services to meet the physical, social and cognitive needs of individuals ages 0-21 with multiple disabilities, including those who have additional medical needs.

About The Caroline School

At The Caroline School, abilities, rather than disabilities, dictate the pace and path that each student follows. With an average class size of eight learners and a staff to student ratio of 1:4, teachers are able to meet every student at their level.

• Students are given the physical support necessary to engage in brain and body integration.
• Students build meaningful intrapersonal (emotions, myself, and I) and interpersonal (peers and adults) relationships.
• Students focus on the cognitive skills that are most pivotal to their short and long-term development.
• Sliding scale tuition, financial assistance may be available
• Access and support navigating other free Easter Seals programs, including:
  • BridgeApps
  • Transition Services
  • Toy Tech & Play Therapy
  • Camps
  • Case Management

By investing the time and attention for every student to feel safe, secure, and cared for, no matter their challenges, an environment conductive to happy and healthy lifelong learners is created.

Program Highlights

• Collaborative learning plans tailored to your child’s needs 
• Special focus on communication development and the use of Assistive Technology
• Accessible playground with tactile and auditory music panels and a wheelchair swing
• High quality therapeutic services (physical, occupational and speech therapy) conveniently available onsite with Easter Seals’ Children’s Therapy Program
• Ongoing full-time and part-time enrollment with an admissions process that works with your schedule
• Weekly Enrichment (Art Therapy, Music Therapy, Pet Therapy)

Summer Program

Easter Seals Greater Houston’s the Caroline School offers a camp-style summer program to children and teens with moderate to severe disabilities, including those who have additional medical needs. You can participate all summer or even select a few weeks! This inclusive and fun program will run for 8 Weeks.

History

Born in 2002 out of a mother’s desperate need for a high quality education for children with significant disabilities. Elizabeth DeLuca, joyful and charasmatic mother of 4, had been searching for years to find a school that addressed the complex needs of her youngest daughter, Caroline.
After experiences with ABA, a multitude of therapies, and home schooling, Elizabeth knew what she and Caroline needed. They needed a school that saw the strengths of Caroline, not only her challenges. A school that would show her love, inspire her to reach for more, and pay attention to the whole child that Caroline was. When her search ran dry, she decided to create the Caroline School. A unique school designed for smaller more individualized learning that would reach every student’s physical, social and cognitive needs, no matter the level of ability. 

This program is made possible by Elizabeth and Anthony DeLuca, The Ralph A. Johnston Foundation, Inc., Texas Children’s Hospital, and United Way of Greater Houston. Special thanks for your generous support!