Greenville and the South Carolina Upstate — Greer, Simpsonville, Mauldin, Easley, Spartanburg nearby — have strong, credentialed help for kids with special needs, including an Orton-Gillingham-accredited dyslexia school and the Prisma Health children's system. This is Greenville'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, OGA/CALT/Orton-Gillingham, COPAA, CCC-SLP, OTR-L, board-certification) — never by reviews or who pays. South Carolina has no Regional Center system, so your free front door is BabyNet 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.
BabyNet is South Carolina's interagency early-intervention system for infants and toddlers under 3 with developmental delays or qualifying conditions — free developmental evaluation and services under an IFSP. Anyone (parent, doctor, caregiver) can make a referral. The earliest, no-barrier place to start.
PRO-Parents is South Carolina's federally funded Parent Training and Information Center, serving all 46 counties — free help understanding your rights, the IEP/504 process, evaluations, and meetings for families of children birth to 26. A great first call.
South 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.
Prisma Health Children's Hospital–Upstate in Greenville is the region's major children's medical system, providing developmental and behavioral evaluation for autism, ADHD, and developmental concerns — the Upstate's leading hospital-based assessment route.
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 Upstate, instead of trusting star ratings.
Camperdown Academy (Greenville) is an Academy of Orton-Gillingham (OGA)-accredited school for students with dyslexia and language-based learning differences — structured-literacy instruction at the highest verified standard. The Upstate's flagship dyslexia school.
A searchable directory for comparing additional Greenville-area private and special-education school options by location, grades, and program — useful alongside the named school above.
The Academy's directory lists accredited Orton-Gillingham practitioners across the Upstate — searchable by area so you can find one near Greenville, Greer, or Simpsonville. The gold-standard credential for a private dyslexia tutor, verified by training rather than advertising.
The International Dyslexia Association's South Carolina branch and the Academic Language Therapy Association list credential-verified dyslexia providers (CALT, Orton-Gillingham, Wilson) across the Upstate — a vetted way to find serious, structured-literacy help.
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.
Serving Greenville and the Upstate since 2004, Word Play Pediatric Therapies provides speech, occupational, and physical therapy — all therapists are state- and nationally-licensed and certified, holding a master's or PhD. A well-established, credentialed local clinic.
Established in 1999, Pediatrics Unlimited is a therapist-owned and -operated Upstate practice offering occupational, physical, speech, and feeding therapy — a long-running local alternative to the corporate chains.
The BHCOE directory lists accredited ABA providers across the Upstate (including Carolina Behavioral Innovations), ASHA ProFind lists CCC-SLP speech therapists, and AOTA lists OTR/L occupational therapists — searchable by zip so families in Greer, Simpsonville, or Easley find the nearest.
Prisma Health Children's developmental-behavioral pediatrics in Greenville diagnoses and helps manage autism, ADHD, and developmental conditions — the Upstate's main hospital-based developmental program. A physician referral is typically needed.
The American Academy of Pediatrics' directory helps you find board-certified developmental-behavioral pediatricians across the Upstate — 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 Greenville area — the field's real professional standard.
PRO-Parents' trained specialists help South Carolina families prepare for and understand IEP meetings at no cost — a respected, statewide free alternative to hiring a private advocate first.
South 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.
Family Connection of South Carolina provides free family-to-family support, navigation, and resources for families of children with disabilities and special health-care needs — and manages the BabyNet Central Directory. A warm, knowledgeable free first stop.
For children birth to 3, BabyNet provides free developmental evaluations and early-intervention therapies — the earliest, no-barrier place to start in South Carolina.
South Carolina Legal Services provides free civil legal help to income-eligible families across the Upstate — a no-cost route to legal assistance, including some education and benefits matters.
PRO-Parents offers free workshops and one-on-one parent support across South Carolina — a rich free resource for families learning their rights and navigating the system.
Federally funded and free — they help South Carolina families understand their rights, the IEP/504 process, evaluations, and meetings. A great first call.
South 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 Greenville 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 Greenville providers from the vetted directory above.
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