A Special Educator’s Solution to a Special Educator’s Problem

For more than 40 years, Rosanne Manus has helped over 2,000 students with learning barriers make academic progress through customized, science-based curriculums developed and refined in the classrooms of her school, Manus Academy, and her after-school tutoring services, both of which operated up to 2022.

What began as a solution for her own staff has become a complete instructional system for special educators who want to spend less time adapting lessons and more time helping students succeed.

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“Compared to other curriculum I have used over the years, I can honestly say that Manus Curriculums has saved me valuable time by preventing the need to reteach skills or “figure it out” on my own. I’m so grateful for this!”

— Amelia B., Homeschool Educator
Image: Rosanne Manus, Founder of Manus Curriculums

The biggest impact Manus Curriculums had on our school was the confidence it gave our staff in delivering highly effective instruction.

Allison O., Special Education Teacher

It started with a challenge every special educator knows.

Early in my special education teaching career, I had to work long hours to individualize instruction for each of my students who had varying levels of achievement and a wide range of neurodevelopmental barriers. There were no practical tools available then to efficiently customize instruction.

When I started my after-school tutoring service for students with learning barriers and later my school, Manus Academy, this challenge of constantly creating individualized lessons increased exponentially when I had to prepare lessons for all my teaching staff. I soon realized that I had to build a long-term solution to help students flourish and enable my teaching staff to organize instruction efficiently.

This necessity began a decades-long process of heavy research, attending special educational conferences, hiring consultants and developing, testing and refining curriculums. In these years of development and revision, I built curriculums that were far more comprehensive, in-depth and explicit than other teaching programs on the market.

Today, the same curriculums are available to educators around the world.

Rosanne Manus Founder of Manus Curriculums
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40+ years of classroom testing
and refinement
2,000+ students with learning barriers taught
using the Manus approach

What guides every curriculum we create.

Every instructional decision has a purpose.

Every lesson is designed to reduce uncertainty for teachers and create better learning conditions for students.

Teachers deserve practical tools.

We believe educators should spend their time teaching instead of constantly adapting lessons or creating resources from scratch.

Students learn best when they experience success.

Our instructional approach is designed to help students get into the learning zone, or that mental state in which they are fully absorbed in the lesson, meeting its challenges and making correct connections.

Understand the barrier before changing the instruction.

Our curriculums help educators identify complex learning barriers and make informed instructional decisions.

The best way to understand our teaching philosophy is to experience it. Download a free lesson and see how structured instruction, built-in accommodations and practical teaching guidance come together in every curriculum.

Manus Curriculums has been a lifesaver for me in my teaching! This curriculum has removed all the guesswork for me and my students.

Amelia B., Homeschool Educator

We’re more than curriculum; we’re a complete instructional system.

We don’t just provide teaching materials and leave you to put the work into making your own modifications. Manus Curriculums gives you the practical tools to effectively teach with:

The result is a curriculum that helps teachers spend less time preparing lessons and more time delivering instruction with confidence.

The reading and spelling system has allowed me to individualize instruction for each of my students. I’m getting more out of them than I did before.

Jane T., Special Education Teacher

As a homeschooling parent, Manus Curriculums gave me the tools to educate my child with ease. The materials are user-friendly, systematic and comprehensive. My child can experience success without frustration, even in more challenging subjects.

Emily H., Homeschool Educator

Experience the Manus approach in your classroom.

Choose a free lesson and experience how Manus Curriculums helps educators deliver structured, individualized instruction with greater confidence.