Soaring Eagle
Academy

–A Therapeutic Day School · Est. 2005 · Lombard, IL

The only school integrating Developmental Language Models with DIR®/Floortime principles — for students with autism and other disorders of relating, communicating, and thinking, ages 5 through 22.

16
Years of joyful learning
5–22
Ages we serve
55+
Partnering school districts
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A day at SEA

What learning looks like here.

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Soaring Eagle Academy students together at school.
Our students
A Soaring Eagle Academy staff member and a student playing with figures at a classroom table.
In the classroom
The staff of Soaring Eagle Academy gathered for a group photograph.
Our staff
Our approach

A school built around how children actually learn.

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01
The whole child

A nurturing social and academic environment that embraces the “whole child”, supporting their individual differences and learning styles.

02
Developmental Language Models

How language is learned, and the importance of understanding and supporting a child’s language comprehension and communication during interaction, learning and a stress response — is unique to SEA.

03
DIR® / Floortime

Principles integrated with Developmental Language Model thinking support students’ individual strengths and learning styles for interaction and learning.

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Tuition keeps the lights on. You keep the magic on.

Every gift supports the classrooms, therapies and experiences that help our students soar.

Active campaign
$1.2 Million
Our goal for the Playground & Sustainability Campaign. Not all classrooms have four walls. Help us give our students the freedom to SOAR while funding operational needs to sustain for the future.
Playground & SustainabilityOngoing
Giving Tuesday1 December 2026
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Upcoming event
DEC
1
2026
A global day of giving
Giving
Tuesday

One day when the world comes together to give. Your Giving Tuesday gift supports the classrooms, therapies and experiences that help our students soar.

Active campaign Playground & Sustainability Campaign flyer — not all classrooms have 4 walls; help us give our students the freedom to soar.
Playground& Sustainability

Not all classrooms have four walls. Help us give our students the freedom to SOAR while funding operational needs to sustain for the future.

$1.2 Millioncampaign goal
Our Mission

To provide an academic and social learning environment for students with special needs that supports their individual strengths and learning styles and integrates learning and interaction within Developmental Language Models and Developmental Individual-Difference Relationship (DIR®) based approach principles.

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