Boise and the Treasure Valley — Meridian, Nampa, Caldwell, Eagle, Kuna — have strong, credentialed help for kids with special needs, including the nationally respected Lee Pesky Learning Center and St. Luke's Children's. This is Boise's own yellow pages of the best, most relevant help — named experts and clinics where we can verify them, not just directories. It's ranked by real credentials (ABPP, BHCOE, CALT/Orton-Gillingham, COPAA, CCC-SLP, OTR-L, board-certification) — never by reviews or who pays. Idaho has no Regional Center system; your free front door is the Idaho Infant Toddler Program for birth–3 and your school district's evaluation for ages 3+ — start there, then the best evaluators, schools, reading specialists, therapists, doctors, and advocates near you. Then, if you want it, an expert reads your child's records and builds your plan.
We don't rank by star ratings — they're noisy and easy to game. Every group below earns its place by credentials: board certification, school accreditation, professional licensure, and standing in the field's real professional bodies. The honest bar, not the loudest reviews.
Idaho's Infant Toddler Program (through Health & Welfare) coordinates free early-intervention services — family education, speech therapy, occupational therapy, and service coordination — for children birth to 3 with a developmental delay or qualifying condition, at no cost to families. The earliest, no-barrier place to start.
IPUL is Idaho's federally funded Parent Training and Information Center — free help understanding your rights, the IEP/504 process, evaluations, early intervention, and meetings, with self-guided trainings for families. A great first call.
Idaho's federally mandated protection & advocacy agency — free legal information and advocacy when a child's special-education rights are denied. A powerful free resource before you pay anyone.
St. Luke's Children's in Boise runs developmental pediatrics and a neuro- and behavioral-psychology clinic evaluating autism, ADHD, developmental delays, intellectual disabilities, and learning challenges — the Treasure Valley's leading hospital-based diagnostic home.
The Lee Pesky Learning Center (Boise) provides comprehensive evaluations for dyslexia, dysgraphia, ADHD, and other learning differences — a nearly 30-year nonprofit whose assessments come paired with intervention recommendations you can actually use at the IEP table.
The American Board of Professional Psychology's directory lists clinicians who passed board certification in clinical neuropsychology — the credential to verify in any private evaluator across the Treasure Valley, instead of trusting star ratings.
For nearly three decades, the Lee Pesky Learning Center has helped Boise-area students with dyslexia, dysgraphia, ADHD, and other learning disabilities through one-on-one academic intervention, counseling, coaching, and educator training — a flagship Idaho resource that isn't a traditional school but anchors specialized learning support.
A searchable directory for comparing Boise-area private and special-education school options by location, grades, and program — useful if you're seeking a specialized private placement.
Lee Pesky provides evidence-based, structured-literacy reading intervention for students with dyslexia and even trains Idaho educators on dyslexia — a research-driven nonprofit and the strongest first stop for reading help in the Treasure Valley.
The Academy of Orton-Gillingham and the Academic Language Therapy Association list accredited O-G practitioners and CALTs across the Treasure Valley — searchable near Boise, Meridian, or Nampa. The gold-standard credentials for a private dyslexia tutor.
A huge audiobook/highlighting library — free for students with a qualifying reading disability, so your child keeps up with grade-level books while they learn to decode.
Sondra McMindes owns Children's Therapy Place in Boise, providing speech-language, occupational, physical, and developmental evaluation and therapy for children of all ages — a named-owner, multidisciplinary pediatric clinic.
Rian Chatterton, SLP, owns the Boise Speech and Hearing Clinic, with specialized experience in autism spectrum disorders, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), and orofacial myofunctional disorders — a named, experienced clinician leading the practice since 2013.
The BHCOE directory lists accredited ABA providers across the Treasure Valley (including AIM Behavior Services–Boise), ASHA ProFind lists CCC-SLP speech therapists, and AOTA lists OTR/L occupational therapists — searchable by zip so families in Meridian, Nampa, or Eagle find the nearest.
St. Luke's Children's developmental pediatrics specialists diagnose and help manage autism, ADHD, developmental delays, intellectual disabilities, and learning challenges in Boise — the Treasure Valley's main hospital-based developmental program.
The American Academy of Pediatrics' directory helps you find board-certified developmental-behavioral pediatricians across the Treasure Valley — the credential to verify for a formal autism or ADHD diagnosis.
The Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates' directory lists active, vetted special-education advocates and attorneys serving the Boise area — the field's real professional standard.
IPUL's trained parent specialists help Idaho families prepare for and understand IEP meetings at no cost — a respected, statewide free alternative to hiring a private advocate first.
Idaho's protection & advocacy agency offers free legal information and advocacy for special-education rights — a no-cost first stop before hiring a private advocate or attorney.
Idaho State University runs the state's only accredited speech-language pathology program and operates a Meridian clinic (Treasure Valley) providing low-cost speech and language evaluation and therapy by supervised graduate clinicians — one of the area's best-value options.
For children birth to 3, the Idaho Infant Toddler Program provides free developmental evaluations and early-intervention services — the earliest, no-barrier place to start in Idaho.
Idaho Legal Aid Services provides free civil legal help to income-eligible families across the Treasure Valley — a no-cost route to legal assistance, including some education and benefits matters.
IPUL offers free workshops, self-guided trainings, and one-on-one parent support across Idaho — a rich free resource for families learning their rights and navigating the system.
Federally funded and free — they help Idaho families understand their rights, the IEP/504 process, evaluations, and meetings. A great first call.
Idaho's protection & advocacy agency — free legal-rights information and help if your child's rights are being denied.
A short message — your child, your Boise district, and what you're facing. We set up a secure way to share the IEP.
We review the records against your rights and match your child to the right Boise providers from the vetted directory above.
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