# Institute for the Redesign of Learning - Westmoreland Academy

> Special education school · Pasadena. Coed California-certified nonpublic special education day school in Pasadena for students with autism, learning, emotional and other disabilities, placed through their IEP.
- Ages: 5+
- Price: ask the provider
- Address: 5 & 6 Westmoreland Place, Pasadena, CA 91103
- Website: https://redesignlearning.org/westmoreland-academy/
- Phone: (626) 356-1511
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## Westmoreland Academy (nonpublic special education school)

Ages 5+

Westmoreland Academy is a coed special education day school in Pasadena, certified by the California Department of Education as a nonpublic school for 2026-27, with capacity for 132 students in 9 classrooms. It serves students with autism, emotional disturbance, intellectual disability, multiple disabilities, other health impairment and specific learning disability, in grades K-12 (ages 5-22 on the state list). Its stated approach is a specialized curriculum that meets each student's individual needs and treats students as "Whole, Able and Complete." The state list shows related services: behavior intervention design and implementation, counseling and guidance, speech and language, occupational therapy, parent counseling and training, psychological services and social worker services. As a certified nonpublic school it enrolls students placed by their school district through the IEP. It is part of the Institute for the Redesign of Learning, founded in 1974.

## About Institute for the Redesign of Learning - Westmoreland Academy

Westmoreland Academy is one of the programs of the Institute for the Redesign of Learning (IRL), which Nancy J. Lavelle, Ph.D., founded in 1974 as the Almansor Education Center with four students in a church classroom in Alhambra. IRL now runs six programs for people from infancy through adulthood, many of them with special needs: Almansor Academy, Westmoreland Academy, Clinical Services, Community Outreach, Early Childhood Education, and Transition & Adult Services. Its administrative offices are at 99 Pasadena Ave., Suite 10C, South Pasadena. IRL's stated belief is that every individual is a learner, whole, able and complete.

Details from https://redesignlearning.org/westmoreland-academy/, checked October 12, 2026. Confirm prices and dates with the provider before signing up.