Early Learners Children’s Academy (ELCA Preschool) is a locally owned preschool and child care provider with three San Diego locations: Mira Mesa, Old Town, and Mission Valley. Since 1997, we’ve provided high-quality child care, infant care, and daycare with experienced, credentialed staff, an academically based curriculum, custom safety procedures, and ongoing staff training to ensure your child’s growth and well-being. Our programs support children from 6 weeks to 5 years, focusing on key developmental stages. We believe the first five years are critical for building strong foundations in learning, social skills, and emotional growth. Schedule a tour and enjoy a free half-day visit to experience the nurturing environment at ELCA.

Artemis Defense Institute (ADI) is the premier CCW and firearm training facility in Orange and Los Angeles Counties, offering a blend of live-fire training and cutting-edge indoor video simulations & virtual reality. The expert-driven defensive shooting curriculum is led by highly qualified staff from law enforcement, military, and civilian backgrounds. Whether a beginner or advanced shooter, ADI ensures individuals can responsibly defend themselves and their loved ones. Contact at 949 305 6586.

Academy For Independence specializes in educational strategies, independent living skills, mentoring, and advocacy for individuals with challenges in executive functioning and students who have a mood disorder, a learning disability, or process information differently. We provide individualized interventions in a safe and compassionate environment. We are highly dedicated to transforming a struggling and discouraged student into a successful and self-confident learner. We assist parents with advocating on behalf of their son or daughter to receive accommodations and services most beneficial for their student. We provide instruction and support for individuals living independently to manage life challenges effectively and smoothly.

Practical Defense Systems (PDS) is a California Bureau of Security and Investigative Services (BSIS) licensed training facility offering a wide range of security and firearms courses, including security guard card training, concealed carry permit classes, and self-defense firearms courses. We serve all of San Diego County and California, offering online and live classes for California Guard Card, CPR & First Aid, active shooter response, and more. Our instructors are experienced professionals from security, law enforcement, and martial arts backgrounds. Whether you're pursuing a career in security services or seeking personal protection skills, PDS provides expert training at competitive prices. Courses are available online and on-demand.

Newport Academy offers individualized, gender-specific residential facilities for teens and families struggling with mental health, trauma, eating disorders, and substance abuse issues. Newport Academy focuses on healing the underlying causes of self-destructive behaviors through a comprehensive and multi-disciplinary holistic approach to treatment that includes CBT, DBT, EMDR, Guided Imagery, Motivational Interviewing, Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy, Art Therapy, Yoga, Meditation, and other experiential and therapeutic modalities. Newport Academy combines evidence-based clinical, experiential, and academic elements into each individual’s treatment program and provides a path for teens to heal and live happy, healthy lives. With a staff to resident ratio of five to one, we offer a compassionate staff that is attentive and responsive. Treatment consists of a minimum of 30 hours of clinical and experiential therapy and 20 hours of academic study and counseling each week. Newport Academy comes from a family-systems approach to healing. Families participate in a Parent Orientation, weekly individualized family therapy sessions, a Saturday Family Program, and a Parent Intensive. Sustainable healing at Newport Academy is about supporting the whole family, and we engage the family with psycho-educational, experiential, and process-oriented activities throughout the entire treatment process. The Newport Academy medical team is led by Chief Clinical Officer, Dr. Barbara Nosal, PhD, licensed Marriage and Family therapists; Chief Operating Officer, Joe Proccopio; Dr. Michel Mennesson, Dr. Prakash Thomas, and Dr. Geoffrey Phillips, who are all board-certified in general Psychiatry and Child/Adolescent Psychiatry. The Newport Academy disordered eating program is led by a Registered Dietician, a Clinical Nutritionist, and Nurse Practitioner.