“I knew I had struck gold after visiting with the staff of the Y.A.L.E. Medford campus. I encountered teaching professionals who not only 'got' my son but also appreciated the nuances and attributes that make him who he is. Three years later, I have not received one frantic phone call and our son has grown from a non-reader into a child with a favorite author." — Monica and David S.
Campus Details
Y.A.L.E. School Medford
- Address:
Kirby's Mill Elementary School
151 Hartford Rd
Medford, NJ 08055
Medford Mem. Middle School
55 Mill St.
Medford, NJ 08055 - Phone: Y.A.L.E. School Direct Line: (609) 760-1943
Kirby's Mill Front Office: (609) 953-7015
Medford Mem. Front Office: (609) 975-6998 - Admissions: (609) 760-1943
- Fax:
- Email: Email this campus
- Age range: 5 to 14
- Diagnoses: Asperger's or high-functioning autism, ADHD
Y.A.L.E. School Medford campus
Burlington County
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.
News Stories About This Campus
- Y.A.L.E. On Cue Speaker Event: Dr. Sarah Allen Levin To Speak About Concussion In The Classroom The Brain Injury Alliance of New Jersey has invited Y.A.L.E. School Mansfield Twp. and Medford leader Dr. Sarah Levin Allen to speak about the academic needs of students with concussion as they return to school. Levin will share her expertise during a free webinar on June 20, at 1 PM. Dr. Allen is a licensed ... Read More »
- 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 »
Photo Gallery
Map & Driving Directions
View Y.A.L.E. School Campuses in a larger map
Notes: When arriving at the Kirby's Mill Elementary School look for the driveway on the left side next to the oval yellow sign reading "Kirby's Mill School".
Kirby's Mill Elementary:
From I-295 Exit 34A/B
- Take Exit 34
- Merge onto NJ-70 E/Marlton Pike E/Rte 70 E toward Marlton
- Continue to follow NJ-70 E/Rte 70 E
- Turn left onto Hartford Rd
- Follow signs for NJ-73 S and merge onto NJ-73 S
- Take the New Jersey 70 ramp to Cherry Hill/Medford
- Turn left onto Rte 70 E
- Turn left onto Hartford Rd
- Head east on I-676 E
- Slight left onto U.S. 30 E
- Merge onto NJ-38 E/Kaighns Ave via the ramp on the left to NJ-70 E/Cherry Hill
- Merge onto NJ-70 E/Marlton Pike W/Rte 70 E via the ramp to Cherry Hill
- Continue to follow NJ-70 E/Rte 70 E
- Turn left onto Hartford Rd
Medford Memorial Middle School:
Follow directions above for Kirby's Mill School to Hartford Road and NJ Route 70 E
- Head east on Rte 70 E toward Hartford Rd
- Take the 1st right onto Hartford Rd
- Turn left onto Himmelein Rd
- Turn left onto Mill St
All content is ©1987-2013 The Y.A.L.E. School Site Help