Heritage Schools, Inc

About Heritage Schools, Inc

The Heritage founder, Jerry Spanos, was once a troubled youth with learning differences who had given up on ever being successful. “I thought I was just stupid,” he says. When Jerry had a few key people come into his life who showed care and understanding, everything changed. “Quality relationships change lives,” says Jerry - and he pursued that passion all the way through education as a licensed clinical social worker and then to the founding of Heritage Schools, Inc. During a time where treatment centers focused on behavior modification, Jerry created Heritage as the first to emphasize a relationship-based treatment model, pioneering change in the industry. Heritage has championed a relationship-based model for 40 years and counting.