List of institutions providing special education facilities

This is a list of institutions providing special education facilities, educating students in a way that accommodates their individual differences, disabilities, and special needs.

Canada

• Child and Parent Resource Institute, London, Ontario

United States

California

• Agnews Insane Asylum (1885–c. 2014), Santa Clara, California ^[1]
• Banksia Sanitarium (closed), Los Angeles, California ^[1]
• Camarillo State Mental Hospital (1936–1997), Camarillo, California
• Gardner Sanitarium (1900–1922), Ralston Hall, Belmont, California ^[1]
• Lanterman State Hospital and Developmental Center (1921–2015), Pomona, California
• Livermore Sanitarium (1895–1965), Livermore, California ^[1]
• Mendocino State Asylum for the Insane (later Mendocino State Hospital; 1889–1972), Talmage, California ^[1]
• Modesto State Hospital (1946–1972), Modesto, California ^[1]
• Napa State Hospital (1875–present), Napa, California ^[1]
• Park Sanitarium (closed), Masonic at Page Street, San Francisco, California ^[1]
• San Francisco Marine Hospital (1853–1912), San Francisco, California
• Sonoma Developmental Center (1891–2018), Eldridge, California ^[1]
• Stockton State Insane Asylum (1853–1996), Stockton, California ^[1]
• Sunshine School (1937–1970s), San Francisco, California ^[2]

Colorado

• Woodcroft Hospital and School for Feeble Minded Children (also known as Woodcroft Sanitorium; 1896–1917), Pueblo, Colorado ^[3]

Connecticut

• Southbury Training School (1930s–present), Southbury, Connecticut

Iowa

• Iowa Institution for Feeble-Minded Children (now Glenwood Resource Center; 1866–2024), Loess Hills, Iowa

Maine

• Pineland Farms (or Pineland Hospital and Training Center; 1908–1996), New Gloucester, Maine

Maryland

• Crownsville Hospital Center (1911–2004), Crownsville, Maryland

Massachusetts

• Institution for Idiots, Barre, Massachusetts, 1848 founded 1848 by Dr. Hervey B. Wilbur
• Massachusetts School for the Feeble-Minded, 1848, founded by Samuel Gridley Howe
• The School for the Feeble-minded, Waltham, Massachusetts
• Walter E. Fernald State School, 1848, Massachusetts

Minnesota

• School for the Feeble-Minded and Colony for Epileptics, Faribault, Minnesota

New Hampshire

• The School for the Feeble-minded, Laconia, New Hampshire

New Jersey

• Brookfield Schools, southern New Jersey
• E. R. Johnstone Training and Research Center, Bordentown, New Jersey
• Vineland Training School, 1888, Vineland, New Jersey, founded by Reverend S. Olin Garrison

New York (state)

• East Aurora Colony House, New York
• The Idiot School, 1866, Randalls Island House of Refuge, East River, New York
• Newark State School, 1878, New York
• Private Institute for Imbeciles, 1856, Brooklyn, New York, founded by James B. Richards
• St. Josephs Protectory, West Seneca, New York
• Syracuse State School, 1853, New York
• Willowbrook State School, Staten Island, New York

North Dakota

• Grafton State School, Now Life Skills and Transition Center, North Dakota

Oregon

• Fairview Training Center, 1908, Oregon

Pennsylvania

• Elwyn Training School, Media, Pennsylvania, founded 1852 by Alfred L. Elwyn
• Pennhurst State School, Pennsylvania

See also

• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
• State schools, US (for people with disabilities)
• Training school (United States)

References

1. Dowd, Katie (2016-06-16). "Historic asylums and sanitariums of Northern California". SFGATE (article and carousel).
2. "San Francisco Landmark 286: Sunshine School". noehill.com. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
3. Mitchell, Karen; Monroe, Cynthia. "Pueblo County Insane Asylum". Huerfano County, Colorado Genealogy & History (www.kmitch.com). Archived from the original on October 12, 2024.