“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:
Kirby's Mill: (609) 953-7015
Medford Mem.: (609) 975-6998 - Fax:
- Email: Email this campus
- Age range: 8 to 14
- Diagnoses: Asperger's
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 8 to 14 years of age with Asperger’s disorder (Asperger’s syndrome). 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.
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