EXPERIENCE          
                                                                                                                      
     CAA serves families primarily in Connecticut, as well as in nearby Westchester
County in N.Y. State. We have counseled and supported nearly 1,000 families with
children ranging from birth to college age. Our Associates have more than 50
years combined experience in education, special education, special education
advocacy and counseling. Every client may, therefore, benefit, regardless of which
Associate takes the lead role on their case.

    CAA has represented children with various special learning needs, ranging from
the need to be more challenged by gaining access to gifted and talented programs, to
children whose need for special learning programs and accommodations covers the
entire spectrum of identified categories of disability, such as:  

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Autism Spectrum Disorders;                                                Other Health Impairments (ADD & ADHD, Lyme Disease);
Aspergers Syndrome;                                                             Deafness (Deaf-blindness);
Emotional Challenges;                                                          Hearing Impairments;
Specific Learning Disabilities (LD);                                     Developmental Disabilities (MR);
Speech or Language Impairments;                                     Multiple Disabilities;
Traumatic Brain Injury;                                                       Orthopedic Impairments;
Visual Impairments (including blindness; developmental delays,and neurological impairments)
           
     We have strong working relationships with many of the top medical, mental health and therapeutic practitioners in
the state, and, therefore, have extensive knowledge of how particular diagnoses impact a child’s ability to learn, and
perhaps more importantly, what the most effective interventions may be.
     In most cases, CAA has been successful in working with school districts to create appropriate, effective individualized
education programs (IEPs), or to enhance the effectiveness of existing ones.