Riverside School is a non-sectarian, non-profit, private coeducational day school, approved by the state of Virginia as a proprietary school. Riverside school provides a multi-sensory, structured and rational education for children with specific learning disabilities in grades 1-8.

The mission of Riverside School is to help children who, in spite of intelligence in the average to above average range, a good home environment, and normally adequate teaching, have encountered difficulty in school learning. The school seeks to provide learning disabled students with an environment in which pressures are removed, the failure pattern is eradicated, and self-concept is improved. Less emphasis is placed on props and frills while remediation of academic problems in specific skill areas are addressed. Following the philosophical tenets of Dr. Samuel Orton, a systematic and sequential multi-sensory, success oriented approach is used; and a supportive, caring and nurturing atmosphere is provided.

Riverside School shares the philosophical tenets of Dr. Samuel T. Orton, a neuropsychiatrist who was a pioneer in research on language processing difficulties and principles of remediation. As early as 1925 he had identified the syndrome of dyslexia as an educational problem.