Our Program

The ELIJA School focuses on the development of functional academic, communication, and social life skills. Our research-based teaching procedures and individualized programs encourage learning across many skill domains. These skills include academic skills, language, social, leisure, play, basic vocational employment, self help and self care. All skills are systematically taught through highly structured one-to-one and small group teaching sessions.
The students spend their day in a one-to-one student-teacher ratio within a classroom setting, thereby combining the highly intensive, individualized program with frequent opportunities for facilitated social interaction and small group instruction when appropriate. Our teachers have a minimum of a B.A. degree in related fields and extensive background in working with children with Autism utilizing Applied Behavior Analysis. The staff & classrooms are continuously monitored and supervised throughout the day by the Educational Director, who has coursework and an extensive background in Applied Behavior Analysis and developing curriculum for children with Autism utilizing research based teaching procedures.
Each learner has their own fully equipped instructional area. This area is optimized with instructional materials and stimuli which are conducive to the child’s learning style. Our goal is to teach each of our students to “learn how to learn”. Each classroom, has a comfortable occupancy of learners and it is equipped with group activity areas to facilitate social and group learning goals.

Our facility is also equipped with indoor and outdoor gym- play areas to work on gross motor skills, balance, sensory needs and encourage productive physical activity. These areas are also geared to be used to facilitate structured recreational social groups with mainstreamed peers; goals such as reciprocal communication, age appropriate games, music, movement, art & team sports.

Fundamental Aspects of our ABA Program

*Individualized and intensive 1 on 1 services with highly trained instructors, will provide an optimized enviornment for our learners to acheive new skills quickly, while maintaining and generalizing previously acquired skills.

*Daily data collection is an integral part of both home and center based components.

* Data are reviewed daily and graphed to accurately monitor each child's development.

* Parents may accompany their children to the school during monthly observation hours and are given the opportunity to both observe and participate in treatment. Parents are encouraged to take an active role in their child's programs and overall development.

* Opportunities for socialization with typically developing peers in a group setting will be available at the school when approrpiate for our learners.

* To ensure that the students' and their families' needs are met beyond the school day, the school offers home consultation which includes: a series of family education workshops, home visits by the school family consultant to develop specific skill acquisition and behavior reduction programs to increase the quality of life of the child and the family, assistance in referrals to community resources, sibling support group and siblings events such as sibling day or grandparents' day to involve the entire family in the student's program.

* The ELIJA School conducts external program evaluations to monitor the quality and effectiveness of our educational & treatment programs; includes and not limited to Autism & Behavior Specialists, Speech Language Pathologists & Occupational Therapists.

* The ELIJA School is the host of the ELIJA Foundation’s monthly parent support group meetings and occasional educational conferences.

Admissions

Please fill out our "Application of Interest", to be contacted about the admissions process.

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School Calendar

The ELIJA School is open 12 months a year, except for certain holidays, vacation periods and staff development days.

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The ELIJA School is a not for profit NY State Education Corporation
501 (c) 3

All fundraising and donations are through "Friends of the ELIJA School" , which is a 501 (c) 3 not for profit organization