Oklahoma City's education picture for autistic kids has three layers: public school IEP programs across many metro districts, a handful of private schools built for neurodivergent learners, and a state scholarship that can pay private tuition — with a tradeoff families should understand before signing.
Private K–12 school in Oklahoma City for students with autism and other exceptionalities, with customized programs, ability-based learning, clubs and electives, and an explicit focus on social skills.
Visit siteServes students with autism, ADHD, dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, auditory and sensory processing challenges and anxiety, in small classes with individualized instruction, kindergarten through 12th grade.
Visit siteEstablished 2011 on the Mercy Hospital campus in northwest OKC, serving students diagnosed with autism and other developmental disabilities from age 2 to 14. The education and treatment approach is explicitly built on ABA principles, and the program has expanded into satellite classrooms at several Catholic elementary campuses — a partial-inclusion route that is unusual locally.
Visit siteInclusive early childhood program (six weeks through kindergarten) with on-site speech, OT, PT, and ABA — two-thirds of enrolled children have special needs, which makes it genuinely inclusive rather than nominally so.
Visit siteOklahoma's federally funded Parent Training and Information Center — free special education and IEP help for families statewide, including help preparing for meetings and understanding the scholarship tradeoffs.
Visit siteBased at the Lee Mitchener Tolbert Center in OU Health Sciences' College of Allied Health at 1200 N. Stonewall Ave in Oklahoma City (405-271-7476). Provides training, coaching and family navigation aimed at helping families access services in their own communities — a useful first call when you don't yet know what to ask for.
Visit siteThe state education department's list of private schools approved to accept the Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarship, organized by region. This is the definitive check on whether a school you're considering can actually take LNH funds. Note this is the August 2025 edition — confirm current status with the school and OSDE before relying on it.
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