Building bridges through music

Located in Newton, Mass., Gateways: Access to Jewish Education offers a range of programs and services for children with special needs and educational challenges. It also provides professional development and ongoing coaching, consultation/support to teachers and administrators in educational settings throughout the community. The organization consists of special educators, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, learning specialists, music therapists, psychologists, early intervention specialists, social workers, behavior consultants and more. It serves Jewish day schools, congregational/community supplemental schools, Jewish preschools as well as its own Sunday school, bar/bat mitzvah training class and teen youth group.