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What is Camphill Special School?

Camphill Special School is a nonprofit Pennsylvania Approved Private School and Waldorf school accredited by AWSNA and the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools that offers day and residential programs for children and youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities that may include, but are not restricted to, mental retardation (MR), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD), Down Syndrome, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), Fragile X Syndrome, Williams Syndrome, and other conditions associated with intellectual disability. Camphill Special School is part of the worldwide Camphill Movement and the only Camphill community in North America for children, as well as the only Waldorf school in the country for children with developmental and intellectual disabilities.

Camphill Special School Admissions

Camphill Special School has rolling admissions for both day and residential placements. Children within the full spectrum of intellectual and developmental disabilities, from borderline to severe, are considered for admission
Learn about our admissions process

Education and Therapies at Camphill Special School

Camphill Special School offers a varied Waldorf curriculum rich in music, art, and drama as well as traditional and innovative therapies.

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Transition Program Prepares Young People for Adulthood

The Transition Program incorporates education, therapies, and vocational experiences for eighteen- to twenty-one-year-old students in Camphill’s life sharing model.
More information about the Transition Program at Beaver Farm

Study Curative Education

The Camphill School of Curative Education and Social Therapy offers practice-integrated studies and professional certification in Curative Education.

More information about the Camphill School of Curative Education and Social Therapy

TOGETHER...We did it!

Our entire Camphill Special School community is grateful and proud to announce that as of January 1, 2011 hundreds of friends helped us not only to MEET our $3 million capital campaign goal, but to EXCEED IT.

Gifts received and pledges totaled nearly $3.1 million!

Our greatest challenge now is...how can we thank you?

We can only thank you by always deserving the confidence you have placed in us, stewarding your gifts wisely, and continuing to offer opportunities for joyful learning and meaningful lives to children who need us.

Click here for photos of the past year and a half at Beaver Farm.

P.S. Wondering how the farm animals fared amidst of all the construction? Click here to find out!