Trillium Academy serves highly capable individuals with complex learning profiles, who don’t fit into neat or narrow categories. Their developmental paths are nonlinear, and their strengths and challenges co-exist in intricate, individualized ways.
Our students are gifted learners with traits like ADHD, anxiety, depression, dysgraphia, sensory sensitivities, and/or autism. They can be described in a number of ways:
- Dynamic, unfiltered, and enthusiastic
- Analytical and observant
- Insightful, sensitive, and justice-driven
- Imaginative and inventive
The minds of twice-exceptional (2e) individuals often make an organic web of connections and generate a multitude of questions and original ideas. This same mental agility can lead to overwhelm, difficulty initiating tasks, anxiety, and challenges sustaining focus.
In conventional school environments, these bright students often end up exhausted, demotivated, and masked beyond recognition. At Trillium, school can be a place of interest, motivation, and engagement, without overwhelming stress.
"At Trillium, I have witnessed these students thrive with an approach that nurtures their natural strengths and talents, embraces flexibility in the learning process, and values relationships that foster strong connections and a sense of belonging."
– Lauren Hutchinson, MA, LMFT
