Our Admissions Process

We place most students within a week a referral

Information for:
Administrators
Parents

Call us or email us 510.741.5440 for more information

When parents contact Spectrum directly

On those occasions when the parents contact us directly about placing a student at Spectrum, we immediately contact a representative from the student’s school and bring them into the discussion. Our goal is to create an educational team that involves the student, the family, the school, and specialists from our program.

The Spectrum admissions process involves four simple steps:

  1. Contact us.
    Locate a Spectrum campus in your area and contact the Director about possible options for the student.
  2. Visit the campus.
    Let us arrange a tour for you, the student, and the student’s parents. We’ll introduce our staff, show you around our facility, and discuss how we can customize our programs and services to meet the unique needs of the student.
  3. Make your decision.
    Both the parents and school district administrators decide whether to enroll a student in Spectrum Center Programs, based largely on the plans developed through the IEP process.
  4. Enroll the student.
    Once you decide to enroll a student, we’ll facilitate placement quickly. We accommodate most students, in fact, within a week of referral.