​​​Oak Tree Academy (OTA) is a collective of advocates working together to create a new vision for students with dyslexia. With over 19 years of individual advocacy experience, OTA recognizes that significant change in the special education and disabilities community still is in its early stages.  Our mission is to empower parents, teachers, and elected officials to help bring change to the children with learning disabilities.

 Oak Tree Academy was founded to help children receive the education they are entitled to in public school and showcase what works for public school administrators and teachers. All students deserve the future they were destined to receive not the one stunted by a faulty education system. 
"There is no such thing as a perfect parent, ​so just be a real one."

LOOK WHAT WE DO BEST

Training
We collaborate with public and private schools to help develop appropriate special education programs for students with language based learning disabilities. 

Our goal is to create programs that meet the unique needs of your students utilizing the services available in your school district. 
Advising
A Records Assessment is a complete review and report of your child’s file. With your signed consent, we will request all records, including e.g. emails, public records for the last 3 years.
Our goal, is for you to learn everything you need to make an informed decision that will help your child receive an app
Letter Writing
When writing to your child's school, it is important to keep it short and to the point. This letter is not correspondence between two friends, it is a business letter. Let us be your Letter Editor.
​Our goal is to help you become a proficient communicator with your child's education team. 
Grant Funded Programs
Oak Tree Academy is a 501(c)(3) organization who works with private, public, and corporate funders to create programs that benefit students with learning disabilities. 
Online Advocacy Training
Oak Tree Academy is developing an online training program for parents, teachers and administrators regarding dyslexia and how to education the dyslexia student. 
Webinar Training
In the Fall of 2019, we will release our first webinar series dedicated to helping parents, teachers, and those involved in education students with dyslexia gain a better understanding of how to develop and appropriate program for dyslexia students. 

OUR FOUNDER.

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Executive Director and Founder, Dawn Warburton, started Oak Tree Academy in 2005, while academically searching for help a sibling and then her son. Both children are exceptionally sharp, but struggled in public school., Dawn received advocacy training with the Federation for Children with Special Needs and by Pete and Pam Wright of Wrights Law. Additionally, she received Individual Education Plan Facilitation Training with the Mass Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education. She holds an associate and bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in Special Education from Lesley University. In the Fall 2019, she will be enrolled in a Doctorate in Educational Leadership program and the Certificate in Early Education Leadership (CEEL) with Harvard University. 

Since 2005, Dawn has worked one-on-one with many parents who’ve all understand that public school was not designed to accommodate the needs of dyslexic learners. Having been in their shoes, Dawn knows that significant change needs to come to the disability and special education communities. Although working with families on an individual basis is rewarding, Dawn and the Oak Tree Academy team realize that more of a global approach to the issues children in the commonwealth are experiencing daily. 

OTA Accessibility Journal

The Oak Tree Academy Journal's mission is to improve the quality of life of people with language-based learning disabilities and their families through disseminating knowledge based on current research.
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WHAT PEOPLE SAY

A collection of testimonials from the clients we’ve had the pleasure of working with.

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Oak Tree helped me secure tutoring for my child. We had been fighting with the school since pre-school. She was able to use their own testing to prove the lack of progress. 

Kristen F. 

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I will always be grateful to Dawn and her team at Oak Tree for helping me finish high school. I didn't realize it would be as important as it was for me to have a high school diploma. 

Chris M. 

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Advocating for your child can be life altering and exhausting. Only someone who has been there knows the emotional toll it takes on your mind, body, and soul. Dawn has been through the process and understands wholeheartedly what it feels like. We are very pleased that she was there, even when it was just to vent, when we worked together. 

Kathryn L.

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