The Y.A.L.E. Schools - State approved private school programs in New Jersey serving children with disabilities

The Y.A.L.E. School’s Medford campus in central Burlington County off Route 70, serves students 5 to 14 years of age with social learning disabilities such as Asperger’s disorder (Asperger’s syndrome), high-functioning autism, and ADHD. The program provides a full day of instruction with an extended school year program available. Student-teacher ratios are low, giving our teachers and staff the time and structure needed for individualized instruction. Our Medford campus operates classrooms in two public school buildings in Medford, allowing students the opportunity to interact with typical peers.

Because many students with Asperger’s struggle with writing, reading comprehension, and pragmatics of language, instruction focuses on developing critical thinking and reasoning skills.

To help with reading and writing, each student uses a personal AlphaSmart NEO word processor. Most students at our Medford campus are on grade level—some are gifted—but many have learning disabilities associated with Asperger’s.

The Medford campus offers:

• Low student-to-staff ratio of: 3:1.
• Small classes limited to nine students.
• Highly-qualified teachers.
• Small group instruction.
• Data-based instruction and intervention.
• Positive behavior support system.
• Opportunities for interaction with typical peers.
• Highly individualized, behaviorally-based motivational system.
• A sensory friendly classroom.
• Instruction in pragmatic language.
• Direct instruction in social skills using evidence-based strategies.
• Speech therapy, as required by the student’s IEP.
• A curriculum that stresses academics, writing and reading comprehension, critical thinking and reasoning,
  self-management, social competence and community skills.
• Frequent trips and activities in the community.
• Non-competitive physical education (e.g. swimming, karate, yoga) 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 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.

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• Mansfield Twp. & Medford Campus Graduation Combined graduation ceremony for the Mansfield Twp. and Medford campuses. Ceremony takes place at the Medford Memorial Middle School location. Read More »
• Photo Gallery: Cherry Hill Lower School vs. Medford Soccer Game At The Cherry Hill Campus Teams of students from the Cherry Hill campus Lower School and the Medford campus met on the athletic field at Cherry Hill for a “Y.A.L.E. vs. Y.A.L.E.” soccer match. Phys. Ed. teachers Debbie Snyder and Tom Myers coached the two teams and several parents attended as spectators. The final score was Cherry Hill 6, Medford ... Read More »
• Y.A.L.E. School Medford Campus Expands Program at Kirby’s Mill Elementary School For more than a decade, The Y.A.L.E. School has been educating students with disabilities through a pioneering “school within a school” model. With four public school partners – Audubon, Mansfield Township, Medford, and Mullica Township, — Y.A.L.E. provides highly specialized services to students on the autism spectrum and related disabilities in school buildings with ... Read More »
• Dr. Sarah Allen Quoted in Holiday Newspaper Article The Y.A.L.E. School’s Dr. Sarah Allen was quoted in a Medford Central Record newspaper article addressing parents of children with special needs and the holiday season: I encourage parents to remember that as stressful and overwhelming the pressures of the holidays are for us, they are equally uprooting for our children. Given this situation, we should ... Read More »
• Y.A.L.E. School Medford Students Raise Funds to Help Hungry Families — Community Service Initiative Helps Students Learn About Giving Back With their curriculum deeply rooted in service learning, staff at The Y.A.L.E. School’s Medford Campus helped students organize a walk-a-thon which raised nearly $1,800 for the Food Bank of South Jersey. Dr. Sarah Levin Allen, a pediatric neuropsychologist who directs the program, said the Y.A.L.E. School curriculum emphasizes social skills and learning by doing. “We ... Read More »

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