Spurwink School

Spurwink School(sometimes referred to "Spurwink Services" or "Spurwink") is a school in Portland, Maine with other yet smaller owned campuses in places such as Biddeford, Maine serving children, adolescents, and adults diagnosed with autism and other behavioral special needs, (often kids under elementary, secondary, and nursery level). Spurwink has about 850 professionals offering 5-hour classes. The agency is accredited by the Council on Accreditation, and is a member of both the Child Welfare League of America and the American Association of Children's Residential Centers.

History

Spurwink was founded in 1960 in Portland, ME and later developed into an essential Maine program. The Spurwink in Biddeford began in the summer of 1995 starting with five children, and still currently operates in the same building.=Administration=

* President- Dawn Stiles
* CASCO Director - Philip Smith

External links

* [http://www.spurwink.org Spurwink School home page]
* [http://www.privateschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/11990#Editor Private School Review]