Switzer Center is a nonprofit organization founded in 1966 with a mission of “Nurturing challenged kids to believe, achieve, and thrive!” Switzer Learning Center`s 5th-12th grade, coeducational, nonpublic, special education school, and Family Services Clinic serves Los Angeles County children and families with mild to severe learning, social, emotional, and behavioral challenges. Students work with a highly trained team of credentialed special education teachers, licensed psychologists, licensed speech and language pathologists, art therapists, certified Crisis Prevention Intervention behavior specialists, and other related service providers who are dedicated to help students achieve academic, vocational and personal goals unattainable in conventional educational settings.