About the School
Sierra School of Sonoma County is one of four Sierra Schools
in California, and one of 26 schools operated by the parent
corporation, KIDS 1, Incorporated. The seventeen years of growth
and success of KIDS 1, Incorporated are apparent in the daily
operation of Sierra School of Sonoma County.
Sierra School of Sonoma is dedicated to serving students who
have not been successful in mainstream education as a result
of learning and behavior challenges. We design our programs
to focus on the specified learning strengths and needs of each
student. We offer personalized academic interventions via the
use of extensive tutorial instruction. Sierra School provides
vocational related skills through the use of modern technology
on site, and monitored work experiences off site.
Sierra School of Sonoma County uses positive behavior modification
techniques as well as mental health techniques to increase academic
abilities, develop social skills, and cultivate proper classroom
behavior. Our primary goal is to expedite the transition of
students back to the public school and into the community through
the building of confidence and competence. Nothing is as reinforcing
in a student’s life as success, and we strive to ensure
that success is a part of each student’s daily experience.
Sierra School of Sonoma County serves students between the ages
of ten and twenty. Typically these students have either a Specific
Learning Disability, a Severe Emotional Disturbance, Autism,
a Developmental Disability, or Other Health Impairments. Counseling,
Speech, and Behavioral Intervention are included in the basic
rate.
Student Success Story
Xavier has been chosen as our “star student” at
Sierra School of Sonoma County for a number of reasons. Xavier
has increasingly become a role model to other students both
academically and socially since his arrival at our school in
April of 2003. Xavier is also currently working in the Sierra
School’s transition program as an attendance recorder
and office assistant. Xavier looks forward to developing his
computer skills in the transition program at Sierra Schools,
and in the future at a computer technology school where he will
learn the skills to become a computer technician. The staff
at our school all agree that it is a delight to teach Xavier
because of his polite presence and strong work ethic.
