The Southport School (TSS), located in historic Southport Village, was founded in 1984 and serves up to 125 students with language-based learning differences, and ADHD. The school’s core values are excellence, cerebrodiversity, innovation, empowerment, and collaboration. Its mission is to provide transformative educational experiences and thought leadership that have a lifelong impact on students, and to share those insights with the broader learning differences community through The Southport CoLAB.

The Southport CoLAB is a division of The Southport School that was established in 2018. It serves as an open resource, clearinghouse, and incubator in the field of learning differences. Its mission is to integrate research, practice, and advocacy to effect positive outcomes by translating best practices from that field to benefit all learners.