John Dewey Academy, 389 Main St, Great Barrington, MA 01230, US

Berkshire Meadows, located in Housatonic, Mass., is a private, nonprofit school for individual of all ages suffering from mental heath disorders and developmental disabilities. It also provides educational programs and health care services, and has a 15-acre area that features apartments and homes. Berkshire Meadows operates a school that has a learning center. The learning center offers academic classes for children that include educational programs based on individual learning ability and skills. It additionally has as staff of professional instructors that use a combination of sign language facial expressions, visual aids and auditory stimulation to communicate with the students. Additionally, Berkshire s teachers offer an interactive learning environment through hands-on exhibits, and offers physical, speech and language therapies. It also offers functional communication training and teaches the use of mechanisms, such as object displays and voice output communication aids, ranging from simple, preprogrammed devices to advanced computers with speech synthesizers.