“In his previous school, our son spent a lot of time just rocking in the corner, so when our case manager saw our son for the first time in after just four months at Y.A.L.E., she was shocked at how different he was. She barely recognized this sweet outgoing, cooperative little boy as the fearful, withdrawn boy she knew back at district.” — Steven and Caroline H.
Campus Details
Y.A.L.E. School Audubon
- Address: 350 Edgewood Ave.
Audubon, NJ 08106 - Phone: (856) 528-9640
- Admissions: (856) 528-9640
- Fax: (856) 522-0799
- Email: Email this campus
- Age range: 8 to 21
- Diagnoses: Autism, PDD-NOS
Y.A.L.E. School Audubon campus
Camden County
Program Description
The Y.A.L.E. School’s Audubon campus, located just off Routes 295 and 676, serves students 8 to 21 years of age with autism or pervasive developmental disorder, not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS).
The program operates classes in two buildings in public schools in Audubon. Younger students (8 to 11 years of age) attend classes in an elementary/middle school building, while older students (12 to 21 years of age) attend classes in a public high school. This allows opportunities for students to interact with typical peers on an individual basis.
The curriculum at our Audubon campus emphasizes functional academics and training in prevocational and life-skills. Older students receive vocational training, job sampling, and/or job coaching on an individual basis. Weekly community outings allow students to generalize the knowledge and skills they learn in classrooms.
The Audubon campus uses evidence-based instruction to improve students’ access to the curriculum and strengthen their academics, independence, life skills, functional communications, fine and gross motor skills, and adaptive behavior.
The Audubon campus offers:
- A low student-to-staff ratio: 2:1.
- Small classes limited to eight students.
- Highly-qualified teachers.
- Weekly supervision by Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs).
- Small group instruction.
- ABA-based instruction.
- Data-based instruction and intervention.
- A curriculum emphasizing functional academics, with a primary focus on prevocational and life-skills training.
- Instructional strategies including errorless teaching, incidental teaching, strategy instruction, functional behavioral assessments, individualized activity schedules, and verbal behavior.
- Individualized schedules of reinforcement.
- Community-based instruction to promote generalization.
- Frequent communication between school, home, and the student’s home district.
- An extended school year program.
- Transition consultations.
The admissions coordinator at each campus makes individual admissions decisions, but the application and referral process follows a standard multi-step process. Click here to learn more about our admissions process.
News Stories About This Campus
- Voorhees Campus Spring Fling Prom and Social First annual Y.A.L.E. School Voorhees Spring Fling Prom — events for the students include a dinner, structured games, a visit from a special guest, and dancing. The students will be dressed in formal attire and teachers will be on staff to help participate and guide the festivities. Students from the Y.A.L.E. Audubon High School campus ... Read More »
- OPINION: ABA & Inclusion – Finding the Balance by John Barnard M.Sc.Ed., BCBA First, the good news: Research in the late 1980s demonstrated that intensive intervention delivered through a systematic comprehensive curriculum could result in dramatic outcomes for children with autism. This gave parents and educators much-needed optimism. It also gave clinicians a detailed set of strategies that continue to serve as a theoretical ... Read More »
- Y.A.L.E. School Researcher Presents Findings at the New Jersey Association for Behavior Analysis Conference Ever wonder how educators learn how to teach complex skills to students with autism? Renee Horvath, a teacher at The Y.A.L.E. School Audubon campus, is a graduate student at Rowan University studying Applied Behavior Analysis. Her work with teens with autism at Y.A.L.E. prompted her to initiate a research study to look at how best ... Read More »
- Y.A.L.E. School Audubon Campus Presents Dr. Peter Gerhardt Topic: Transitions for Individuals on the Autism Spectrum An Informal Discussion for Parents of Y.A.L.E. School Students of All Ages and Abilities Guest Speaker: Dr. Peter Gerhardt, Ed.D. Dr. Gerhardt will provide parents with an overview and some important suggestions regarding transitions from elementary age to adolescence and from adolescence to adulthood. Various issues related to vocational ... Read More »
- Opinion: For Most, Autism is a Life Long Condition By John Barnard, M. Sc. Ed., BCBA A recent study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has reported that some children diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may outgrow symptoms as they grow older. This type of news may seem encouraging to many families but, based upon my personal experiences, I worry about ... Read More »
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Notes: This campus is split between two buildings with Y.A.L.E. office & students ages 14-21 at Audubon HS and students ages 8-14 at the Mansion Ave. Elementary School approx. 3 blocks away at 300 Mansion Ave. in Audubon. Only on-street parking is available at this campus.
From NJ Turnpike
- Head west on Exit 3
- Keep right at the fork, follow signs for NJ-168 N/Camden/Philadelphia and merge onto NJ-168 N/N Black Horse Pike
- Turn right onto County Rd 551 Spur N
- Turn left onto Edgewood Ave
- Take Exit 28
- Follow signs for New Jersey 168 N/Mt Ephraim and merge onto S Black Horse Pike
- Turn right onto County Rd 551 Spur N
- Turn left onto Edgewood Ave
- Head east on I-76 E
- Take exit 354 for U.S. 130 N toward New Jersey 168 N/New Jersey 168 S
- Continue on the ramp and merge onto NJ-168 S/Black Horse Pike
- Turn left onto Nicholson Rd
- Turn right onto Ward Ave
- Take the 2nd left onto Edgewood Ave
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