The Piedmont Triad — Greensboro, High Point, Burlington, and the surrounding towns — has strong, credentialed help for kids with special needs, including a Wilson-accredited learning-differences school and a long-running university clinic. This is Greensboro's own yellow pages of the best, most relevant help — named experts and schools where we can verify them, not just directories. It's ranked by real credentials (ABPP, BHCOE, Wilson/CALT/Orton-Gillingham, COPAA, CCC-SLP, OTR-L, board-certification) — never by reviews or who pays. North Carolina has no Regional Center system, so your free front door is the NC Infant-Toddler Program (CDSA) 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.
For children birth to 3, North Carolina's Infant-Toddler Program (through the local Children's Developmental Services Agency) provides free developmental evaluations and early-intervention services (speech, OT, PT, developmental). The earliest, no-barrier place to start in the Triad.
North Carolina'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.
North Carolina's federally funded Parent Training and Information Center — free help understanding your rights, the IEP/504 process, evaluations, and meetings for families raising children with disabilities birth to age 26. A great first call.
Carolina Psychological Associates (1501 Highwoods Blvd, Greensboro) provides comprehensive psychological and psycho-educational evaluations — autism, ADHD, and learning-disability/dyslexia identification with academic achievement testing — by licensed psychologists. A strong local private-evaluation option.
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 Triad, instead of trusting star ratings.
Noble Academy (Greensboro, since 1987) serves grades 2–12 students with dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, auditory processing issues, and ADHD. It's a Wilson Accredited Partner (Best Practice Site) with the International Dyslexia Association's Accreditation Plus designation — structured-literacy instruction at the highest verified standard. The Triad's flagship learning-differences school.
The Piedmont School in nearby High Point serves K–12 students with learning differences and ADHD — a second Triad option for families seeking a specialized, small-class environment within reach of Greensboro.
A searchable directory for comparing additional Triad-area private and special-education school options by location, grades, and program.
The Academic Language Therapy Association's North Carolina chapter lists Certified Academic Language Therapists (CALTs) — the therapist-level, Orton-Gillingham-based dyslexia credential. Use the directory to find or verify a CALT serving the Triad; CALT is the gold standard for serious dyslexia intervention.
The Academy's directory lists accredited Orton-Gillingham practitioners across the Triad — searchable by area so you can find one near Greensboro, High Point, or Burlington. The gold-standard credential for a private dyslexia tutor, verified by training rather than advertising.
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.
Cone Health's Pediatric Rehabilitation Center in Greensboro provides family-centered physical, occupational, and speech therapy for children with ASHA-certified and licensed clinicians — the area's main hospital-based pediatric therapy program, with Burlington coverage too.
Senses Therapies is a private pediatric speech and occupational therapy practice in Greensboro, founded by clinicians who are also parents of children with special needs — a warm, family-centered local alternative to the big systems.
The BHCOE directory lists accredited ABA providers across the Triad (including Compleat Kidz), ASHA ProFind lists CCC-SLP speech therapists, and AOTA lists OTR/L occupational therapists — searchable by zip so families in High Point, Burlington, or Kernersville find the nearest.
Cone Health's children's services include developmental and behavioral evaluation and care in Greensboro — a hospital-system route to assessment for autism, ADHD, and developmental concerns. Ask your pediatrician for a referral and verify board certification via the AAP directory below.
The American Academy of Pediatrics' directory helps you find board-certified developmental-behavioral pediatricians across the Triad — 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 Greensboro area — the field's real professional standard.
ECAC's trained parent specialists help North Carolina families prepare for and understand IEP meetings at no cost — a respected, statewide free alternative to hiring a private advocate first.
North Carolina'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.
The UNC Greensboro Speech and Hearing Center has provided diagnosis and therapy for language, speech, and hearing since 1967 — low-cost services by supervised graduate clinicians, including help with language-based learning problems. One of the Triad's best-value options.
For children birth to 3, the NC Infant-Toddler Program (local CDSA) provides free developmental evaluations and early-intervention therapies — the earliest, no-barrier place to start in the Triad.
Legal Aid of North Carolina's Greensboro office provides free civil legal help to income-eligible families — a no-cost route to legal assistance, including some education and benefits matters.
ECAC offers free workshops and one-on-one parent support across North Carolina — a rich free resource for families learning their rights and navigating the system.
Federally funded and free — they help North Carolina families understand their rights, the IEP/504 process, evaluations, and meetings. A great first call.
North Carolina's protection & advocacy agency — free legal-rights information and help if your child's rights are being denied.
A short message — your child, your Greensboro 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 Greensboro providers from the vetted directory above.
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