Brooklyn is a borough of two-and-a-half million people — a great specialist in Manhattan or Queens often isn't realistic from here, so this is Brooklyn's own credential-vetted directory: the best evaluators, schools, therapists, and doctors 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.
A board-certified clinical neuropsychologist with 20+ years of experience, right in Brooklyn — comprehensive, neurodiversity-affirming evaluations for children and teens (learning disabilities, ADHD, autism), written to be usable in the IEP process.
A practice focused on comprehensive child and adolescent neuropsychological and psychoeducational evaluations — cognition, attention, learning, and emotional functioning.
The American Board of Professional Psychology's directory lists clinicians who passed board certification in clinical neuropsychology — the real credential to look for.
Brooklyn's premier K–12 college-prep school for bright students with dyslexia, dysgraphia, ADHD, dyscalculia, and NVLD — built on Orton-Gillingham (PAF) reading and structured writing, with ~90% heading to four-year colleges. (Designed for learning disabilities, not significant autism or behavioral needs.)
A Brooklyn school and center built specifically for children with autism — intensive, individualized, evidence-based programming for students who need that depth of support.
The Academy's directory lists accredited Orton-Gillingham practitioners — the gold-standard credential for a private dyslexia tutor near you.
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.
A BHCOE-accredited ABA provider with a Brooklyn location, serving children birth–21 (home, school, and center-based) with BCBA-led, individualized autism programming.
For more options, the BHCOE directory lists every accredited ABA provider in Brooklyn — the real quality bar for choosing ABA.
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's directory lists speech-language pathologists who hold the CCC-SLP — the national mark of a fully qualified clinician.
SUNY Downstate's academic child-development team (led by Dr. Harris Huberman) provides interdisciplinary evaluation and care for neurodevelopmental and behavioral disorders — autism, ADHD, developmental delay.
Maimonides Children's Hospital's developmental-behavioral team diagnoses and manages autism, ADHD, and developmental concerns — a hospital-based option right in Brooklyn.
A long-established NYC special-education advocacy practice that guides families through evaluations, IEPs, placement, and the city's complex process — serving Brooklyn families.
For more options, the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates' directory lists active, vetted special-education advocates and attorneys serving New York.
This CUNY nonprofit training center provides low-cost speech, language, and hearing evaluations and therapy, supervised by licensed clinicians — quality care at a fraction of private rates, right in Brooklyn.
Free help understanding your rights, the IEP process, evaluations, and meetings — one of the best free resources in the country, serving all five boroughs.
Federally funded and free — they help New York families understand their rights, the IEP/504 process, evaluations, and meetings. A great first call.
New York's protection & advocacy agency — free legal-rights information and help if your child's rights are being denied.
A short message — your child, your Brooklyn 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 Brooklyn providers from the vetted directory above.
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