SCHOOL PROFILE
Delaware Valley Friends School is a national leader educating bright students (grades 1-12) with learning differences. Students receive a comprehensive, research-based, college prepcurriculum, individualized instruction, cutting-edge assistive technologies, successful college placement, with an emphasis on self-advocacy within a community based on Quaker values. DVFS was the first school program in PA, DE and NJ accredited by both IMSLEC and IDA - the leaders in multisensory structured language instruction.
STUDENT PROFILE
Delaware Valley Friends school welcomes students in grades 1 - 12 with learning differences, particularly in reading (dyslexia), writing (dysgraphia), math (dyscalculia), memory (long-term and working), processing speed, ADHD and executive functioning challenges. [MORE]
ADOLESCENT LITERACY PROGRAM
Our proprietary Adolescent Literacy Program is founded upon the principles of Orton-Gillingham instruction and provides a research-based multisensory, structured, systematic, phonics-based curricular approach that is both prescriptive and diagnostic, allowing lessons to be tailored to each unique child. Our language arts teachers are certified in the DVFS O-G Adolescent Literacy program. Content area teachers also receive training in these methods to insure consistent approaches to language use and instruction across the entire curriculum.
