The Center for Neurodevelopmental Services (CNS) - Pathways Academy is a year-round, day school that provides comprehensive therapeutic and educational services to children and adolescents with Asperger’s Syndrome, NLD, and related disorders. Pathways Academy is fully approved by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Pathways Academy was developed to meet the physical, social, and academic needs of children and adolescents who are out of school or struggling in school. These students have difficulty understanding social cues and tend to misunderstand and misinterpret social situations. They have difficulty integrating their experiences and interactions and drawing expected inferences. Their reduced ability in these areas often leads to feelings of frustration, limited success, and low self- esteem. They also may have co-occurring psychiatric diagnoses, including depression, social and academic anxiety and other behavioral difficulties. Each student's program is customized based on his/her individual academic, social, and cognitive profile.

Its curriculum is developed and implemented utilizing strategies that maximize a student's learning, social skills, and success. This is done in collaboration with the student’s community-based treatment team and the referring public school system. The curriculum and educational methodology is designed to emphasize each individual’s strengths, and to accommodate each individual’s learning needs and neurocognitive profile.

The community-based team members are selected by the family and often include psychotherapists, pediatricians, psychopharmacologists, neurologists, nutritionists, and educational advocates, as determined by each student's unique needs. Pragmatic language therapy, as well as Sensory Integration, is incorporated across the curriculum. The educational team, including the student's sending school district, works together so that whenever possible, a student maintains curriculum status in his/her community and prepares students for appropriate inclusion opportunities.