Y.A.L.E. School Mansfield Township campus

Burlington County

The Y.A.L.E School’s Mansfield campus, located in northwestern Burlington County, just off Route 295 and the New Jersey Turnpike, serves students 8 to 12 years of age with Asperger’s disorder (Asperger’s syndrome) or high-functioning autism.

The program provides a full-day educational program, with extended school year services available. Small classes and low student-teacher ratios give teachers and staff the time and structure needed to provide individualized instruction.

The Mansfield campus operates in a modern public elementary/middle school building, allowing students to interact with typical peers.

Because many students with Asperger’s struggle with writing and reading comprehension, the program emphasizes critical thinking and reasoning skills. To help with reading and writing, each student is provided with a personal Alphasmart NEO word processor.

Most students at our Mansfield campus are on grade level—some are gifted—but many have learning disabilities associated with Asperger’s.

The Mansfield campus offers:

• Low student-to-staff ratio of: 3:1 (1:1 available).
• Small classes limited to nine students.
• Highly-qualified teachers.
• Small group instruction.
• Data-based instruction and intervention.
• Positive behavior support system.
• Opportunities for interacting with typical peers.
• Highly individualized and behaviorally-based motivational systems.
• A sensory friendly classroom.
• Instruction in pragmatic language.
• Direct instruction in social skills using evidence-based strategies.
• A curriculum stressing academics, writing, and reading comprehension, critical thinking and reasoning, and social and community skills.
• Speech therapy, as required by the student’s IEP.
• Frequent trips and activities in the community.
• Non-competitive physical education (swimming, karate, yoga) both at the school and in the community.
• Community-based instruction.
• Frequent communication between school, home, and the student’s home district.
• An extended school year program.

The admissions director at each campus makes individual admissions decisions, but the referral and application process follows a standard multi-step process. Click here to learn more about our referral and admissions process.

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