Special Education

The Arrow Center for Education is a Private Separate Day School with campuses in Baltimore and Bel Air, Maryland.  The Arrow Center for Education provides special education services to children in grades 6 through 12, whom have demonstrated difficulty with school adjustment and performance in mainstream settings.  Students are instructed in a safe, nurturing environment with individualized attention from the school staff.  With 45 students and approximately 30 staff members, each small school provides a 3:1 student to staff ratio.  The Arrow Center for Education strives to educate students by creating a familiar and predictable environment based on therapeutic relationships. 

The primary goal of the educational program is to help students reach their potential academically, emotionally, and behaviorally.  In this therapeutic, treatment-oriented context, each student is tested, identified, and treated as a unique, individual learner.  Through therapy, social skill instruction, and behavioral interventions, The Arrow Center for Education makes learning a relevant and rewarding experience, rather than a situation which breeds failure and humiliation.

The Arrow Center for Education is staffed with professionals from the fields of social work, education, and administration.  All staff possess the required credentials for their position.  The Arrow Center for Education is monitored for compliance by the Maryland State Department of Education and is accredited by the National Commission for the Accreditation of Special Education Services.  The Arrow Center for Education is also a member of the Maryland Association of Nonpublic Special Education Facilities.

Students are offered the opportunity to participate in a variety of activities with Arrow.  There are two semi-formal dances each year, Harvest Dance and Spring Fling.  The Arrow Center for Education participates in the IAA sports league with other Private Separate Day Schools.  Current sports include volleyball, flag football, basketball, and softball.  Other curricular and extra-curricular activities are available for students throughout the year, as well.

The Arrow Center for Education also operates a Type III School in conjunction with The Arrow Diagnostic Center.  Residents are provided instruction in classrooms with certified teachers, while residing in the program.  Students are assessed in academic areas, and assessment data is shared with the student’s community school upon discharge from The Arrow Diagnostic Center.  The teachers and administrator of the Type III School provide creative learning opportunities for students in an academic and structured environment.