Prom. It is a rite of passage for many teens. This spring, the students at The Y.A.L.E. School’s Voorhees campus along with students from the Y.A.L.E. Audubon HS campus will enjoy dinner, dancing and dressing up as they arrive for the campus’s first prom. The theme, “When You Wish Upon a Star, Your Dreams Really Do Come True,’ was inspired by teacher Joy Blatherwick.
“We really want our students and their families to experience the things other students do,” said Ann Davidson, principal at the Voorhees campus. “In planning the prom, we worked to create an event that would be memorable and enjoyable.” Read More »
More than a dozen staff and students from three Y.A.L.E. School campus locations — Audubon, Mullica Township, and Voorhees — joined forces with tens of thousands of other autism advocates on May 18 for the ‘Walk Now for Autism Speaks.’ The nation’s largest grassroots autism walk raises millions for research.
Team Y.A.L.E., this year donning neon tee shirts, has been part of the event for more than a decade. Read More »
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 and conceptual foundation for autism intervention called applied behavior analysis, or ABA. Read More »
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 to teach students how to do something most of us do every day: use a debit card. Read More »
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 the long-term implications. Read More »
Sean Keegan, a student at our Audubon campus, was recently featured in an article in the Courier Post newspaper. Sean was chosen by the students of Audubon High School to be the Prom King at their 2012 Senior Prom. Sean was previously a student at the Y.A.L.E. School Voorhees campus and now attends one of Y.A.L.E.’s unique “school-within-a-school” programs. Congratulations, Sean! Go to the Courier Post Online to read the full article on their site.
Zora Berman, M.A., recently joined the leadership team at The Y.A.L.E. School. She provides behavioral support to the teachers and students with autism at The Y.A.L.E. School’s Audubon campus.
“I am thrilled to be part of The Y.A.L.E. School community and am deeply honored to be a part of the team that ensures the continued success of the Audubon campus,” said Berman. Read More »
John Barnard, an accomplished clinician and educator, joins the Y.A.L.E. School team with almost 20 years of experience working with individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities in both home-based and center-based instructional environments. Read More »
Prom. It is a rite of passage for many teens. This spring, the students at The Y.A.L.E. School’s Voorhees campus along with students from the Y.A.L.E. Audubon HS campus will enjoy dinner, dancing and dressing up as they arrive for the campus’s first prom. The theme, “When You Wish Upon a Star, Your Dreams Really Do Come True,’ was inspired by teacher Joy Blatherwick.
