The Charter School at National Deaf Academy is a Florida Department of Education-chartered public school. NDA and The Charter School work as partners to provide quality mental health care and K-12 special education services to all NDA residents under 22 years of age who have not graduated from high school.

Teachers and Academic Schedule

The Charter School is staffed with Florida-certified Deaf education teachers who are fluent in American Sign Language. The classrooms have one staff member for every three students. The school is open year-round and operates on a quarterly schedule.

Specialized Programs

Specialized programs include honors classes, remedial education, literacy programs, adult education, pre-vocational skills training, and a highly specialized classroom for autistic, developmentally delayed, and Deaf-blind students. All students have the ability to learn and utilize modern technology through individual instruction in the state-of-the-art computer lab.

Individualized Educational Plan

Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing students also receive services from a certified audiologist, speech and language pathologist, school psychologist, physical therapist, and occupational therapist. These services are prescribed on an individual basis and documented in the student's individualized educational plan (IEP).

IEP meetings always include the custodial parent as well as an assortment of educational and mental health professionals from both the student's home school and/or The Charter School.

The Bridges Program

As a result of a grant from the Abel Trust, CSNDA has been able to introduce The Bridges Program into its curriculum. This program is designed to improve memory, coordination, attention span and sensory integration for the many Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing students with neurological disorders.