The Anderson Center for Autism, started in 1924 for children with special needs, is located in Staatsburg, New York, and serves both children and adults with an autism spectrum disorder with day and residential services. It is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing safe, comfortable and enriching environments to promote lifelong learning, according to its website. It uses a progressive curriculum featuring educational, cultural and recreational opportunities designed to challenge each individual to his own abilities. Their treatment approach focuses on using Applied Behavior Analysis using positive reinforcement to skills.
Anderson School for Autism
4885 Route 9
PO Box 367
Staatsburg, NY 12580-0367
845-889-4034
andersonschool.org
Linwood Center, Inc. provides educational, vocational and residential services to students with autism and other pervasive developmental disorders. They use vocational training, social awareness, direct support and advocacy to ensure participation in community life.
The co-ed school serves up to 35 students, ages 9 to 21, and is certified through the Maryland State Department of Education to provide residential special education and related services. Students are assigned to classrooms based on age, social and communication skills, behavioral needs and academics abilities. Education is through individualized and group instruction, language stimulation activities, incidental teaching, sensory integration, visually-aided instruction and the use of computers, according to each student's skills and needs.
The program of instruction addresses functional academics, language and communication skills, critical life skills, social skills, fine and gross motor skills, vocational training and the development of leisure and recreation skills. Linwood has five- or seven-day residential programs. There are five students per seven-day residential home, a dormitory for the five-day residential program and three single-family homes for the seven-day residential program.
Linwood Center, Inc.
3421 Martha Bush Drive
Ellicott City, Maryland 21043
410-465-1352
linwoodcenter.org
The Glenholme School, located in Connecticut, provides a therapeutic college prep program for boys and girls ages 10 to 18. They specialize in Asperger's (on the austism spectrum of disorders), ADHD and emotional, behavioral and learning disabilities and offer individual learning environments along with a steadfast academic curriculum, applying a positive behavior support model focused on the development of social skills.
The school offers social coaching, relationship mentoring and self-discipline strategies. They also offer "Glen Ridge," a residential program for young adults ages 17 to 21, to attend college in pursuit of a higher education while living in a supportive environment.
The Glenholme School
81 Sabbaday Lane
Washington, CT 06793
860-868-7377
theglenholmeschool.org