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, the primary mission of the teachers is to accommodate all the different learning styles of each student… They are so patient and encouraging. I was afraid to go back to school and had so much anxiety about it, but the teachers, counselors, and other students there all made me feel like I could do it again. I don’t feel like my learning disabilities are a burden at Trillium, and I can honestly get the help I need to be successful without struggling for it. Being surrounded by all neurodivergent peers makes me so much more comfortable and supported. I’m not ashamed about being neurodivergent here, I’m not worried about fitting in, or having to pretend to fit in. It has changed everything for me… If it weren’t for Trillium, I would not be in school.”
– Trillium High School Student
