Education Department Philosophy and Goals:
AHRC’s Education Department believes that children and adolescents grow and thrive in a nurturing, loving and developmentally appropriate learning environment. High quality developmentally appropriate instruction provides the foundation for independence, autonomy and a sense of individual worth.  Parents are viewed as the primary educators of their children and partners in the educational endeavor. Children are encouraged to respect and cooperate with others to foster a sense of community and to develop each child’s ability to contribute as a responsible community member.  AHRC has a commitment to serve ALL students by embracing maximum integration of children with special needs and typically developing peers, and respecting cultural diversity.

AHRC believes that good programs are:

1. Developmentally Appropriate:

·        promoting social, emotional, physical, creative/expressive and cognitive development;

·        providing student centered activities to enhance and strengthen growth;

·        adapting learning opportunities to the functioning level of each student

·        moving along a continuum of student independence by presenting developmentally appropriate challenges

·        promoting literacy by providing a carefully planned learning environment with opportunities for oral language development, phonemic awareness, experiences with letter recognition, comprehension and writing experimentation;

·        promoting key ideas in mathematics

·        promoting key ideas in content areas

·        promoting process sills to equip children with the tools to learn concepts in each of the content areas

3.  Emotionally safe:

·        creating respectful, nurturing and welcoming places and experiences for children, families, staff and communities; places where children learn to trust

·        building a non-judgmental nurturing atmosphere in which it feels safe to take risks;

·        promoting the idea that all children are welcome and included.

·        empowering and supporting families to be central team members;

·        assuring a culturally sensitive, competent approach that promotes ethnic pride;

·        providing ongoing family support and training

·        using the resources of children’s communities to promote healthy development and learning

• About AHRC NYC Education Services
• Evaluations for Early Intervention and Preschools
• Early Intervention Service Coordination
• Early Intervention Home & Center Based Programs
• Preschools for Children 3-5 Years
• Autism Spectrum Disorders Services - HOPE Continuum
• Brooklyn Blue Feather Elementary School
• AHRC Middle/High School