Founded in 1992, The Gillen Brewer School (GBS) is one of the few schools in New York City dedicated to transforming the lives of young children with a wide variety of language, emotional, developmental, learning and health-related disabilities. The school specializes in educating children with challenging, and often multiple disabilities including language-based and non-verbal learning disabilities.

Gillen Brewer is one of the only schools that work with children beginning at the pre-school level who have multiple disabilities. Gillen Brewer embodies a comprehensive and thoughtful approach that sets the school apart and which includes a particular set of distinguishing factors.

Gillen Brewer prides itself on its mission to provide services for a diverse group of children from all socio-economic backgrounds.
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"...there is no school other than Gillen Brewer that addresses the needs of children with severe learning disabilities and concomitant behavioral and emotional issues."

— Davida Sherwood, Ph.D., Educational Consultant and
Former Director, The Gateway School

Gillen Brewer employs a rigorous, 12 month curriculum that follows the New York State learning standards, while adhering to an individual learning program that meets the educational needs of each student. The Pre-School Program serves children from just under 3 to 5 years old and the School-Age Program serves children 5-10 who are classified as either learning disabled, emotionally disturbed, speech impaired or other-health impaired.