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Adult
Day Services and Supports
Advocacy
Autism - Applied Behavioral Analysis School Program
Camping and Recreation Services
Education
Evaluation Services
Home Health Care
Infant, Toddler and Child Educational Opportunities
Legal Services and Guardianship
Medical Services (AHRC Healthcare, Inc.)
Mental Health Services and Other Therapies
Post High School Programs at Kingsborough Community
College and The College of Staten Island
Residential Services
Respite
Service Coordination
Sibling Services
Sobriety Services
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AHRC offers adults (persons over
the age of seventeen) with developmental disabilities a range of day
programs, services and supports depending on their abilities and
personal preferences. Options include: Daily supervised group
activities in the community providing individuals with the
opportunity to meet specific objectives set for them; fully staffed
facilities that assists participants in the development of abilities
that promote independence; fully staffed facilities that offer
participants paid work experiences and provide necessary clinical
and support services; job placement, training and support for
individuals with developmental disabilities in private competitive
employment; and job placement for individuals with developmental
disabilities in AHRC run competitive businesses with supports
provided to help individuals to succeed.
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AHRC offers general and
educational advocacy services to individuals of all ages with
developmental disabilities who are experiencing difficulty accessing
services or have problems with the services being rendered.
The advocate generally provides assistance with education related
issues, but assistance regarding other issues may also be
available.
The Advocate will provide assistance in reviewing evaluations,
securing additional evaluations, developing strategies to utilize in
accessing needed services, explaining rights and negotiating
systems. The Advocacy Office conducts trainings for parents
and professionals. When necessary, the Advocate will attend
CPSE & CSE meetings and Impartial Hearings with city and state
agencies. Although the primary focus of the Advocate is
education, assistance in accessing other needed services available
through city, state, and federal agencies is also provided.
For assistance, please call (212) 780-2534.
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Preschoolers and school age
children diagnosed with autism are offered full-day educational
services utilizing an Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA)
approach. ABA is a technique, which has proven to be an
effective teaching method for children with autism. Teachers are
proficient in all aspects of learning theory and utilize discrete
trial teaching with child-specific reinforcements. Children are
worked with individually throughout much of the school day and their
parents are helped to understand how to use the special techniques
at home.
For more information on the continuum of services for children who
have been diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorder, please visit
AHRC NYC's Early Learning Centers
and Schools section.
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Summer camp, as well as year-round
recreational activities in New York City and beyond, are available to
children and adults with developmental disabilities. For more
information, please visit the
Camp Anne & Harriman
Lodge website.
Camp Anne (formerly Catskill): A traditional summer
camp experience in the foothills of the Berkshire mountains available to persons with moderate, severe, or
profound retardation from the age of five through adulthood.
Harriman Lodge: An alternative to
traditional summer recreation programs - a resort for adults with mild or moderate
retardation with an extended Fall season.
Get-Away-Weekends In the Country:
Families who have a member with a developmental disability can spend fun-filled respite
weekends in the country.
Recreational Activities: For all age
groups and functioning levels, activities take place in the five boroughs of New York City
on an ongoing basis and include age-appropriate recreation groups for children, and
participation in theater, photography, arts and crafts, and sports, as well as planned
vacations to resorts and tourist attractions for adults.
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AHRC has a staff of qualified
professionals available to conduct evaluations such as:
psychological evaluations; psychiatric evaluations;
medical evaluations; nursing, nutrition and podiatry
evaluations; occupational, speech and physical therapy
evaluations. Arrangements can be made to provide other
evaluation as needed.
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Educational Evaluation
Services: Evaluations to
ascertain the need for special education are conducted to help families determine the
extent of their child's delay and the type of help needed. They include a developmental
assessment, a family needs assessment, speech, physical, and occupational therapy
assessments when indicated. Please visit
AHRC NYC's Early Learning Centers
and Schools section for more information.
Early Intervention for Infants and Toddlers:
Half-day center-based programs for infants and toddlers
available. Services include those of special education
teachers and an array of therapists, including speech, physical and
occupational therapy. In-home services also available where
teachers and therapists visit the child in his/her home a number of
times per week.
Note: Infants and toddlers between the ages of birth and three
years require Early Intervention Service Coordination prior to
receiving any services. AHRC offers service
coordination. For more information, visit the Service
Coordination area on this page.
Preschool Educational Opportunities Offered: Full-day special education preschool
classes; full-day integrated preschool classes where preschoolers with disabilities and
their non-disabled peers learn alongside one another; integrated Headstart classes
and Special Education Itinerant Teacher (SEIT) services provided at regular day care
centers, nursery schools and Headstart programs.
For information on special
preschool and school-age programs tailored to children with autism, see the
Autism
- HOPE Continuum Services.
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AHRC Home Care Services Inc., an affiliate of
AHRC New York City, can offer eligible persons with and without disabilities, home health
care services which include: home health or personal care aides, nursing, physical,
occupational and speech therapies, respiratory therapy and social work services. For
more information, please visit the Home
Health Care Services page of this website.
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Assistance with legal difficulties related to
the family member with a disability, including assistance with guardianship issues and
future care planning.
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AHRC HealthCare offers a full range of primary care
services for people with developmental disabilities and their
families. Medical services are provided for patients of all
ages, from early childhood through the senior years,
including: routine exams; annual physicals; immunizations;
preventive/wellness care; on-site testing such as PPD and blood
testing; EKG; PAP; lead screening; gynecology; pediatrics; patient
education; speech therapy; podiatry; psychiatry; social work,
medical social work and case management; management of chronic
illnesses such as diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure,
allergies and asthma; referrals to specialists as needed.
Related services include: psychological testing;
psychosocial evaluation; sobriety & substance abuse services;
sibling counseling & support groups; nutritional counseling; and
home care.
To make an appointment or referral, or
for further information, call (212) 780-2652.
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Mental Health: Individual counseling, family
therapy, group counseling and marital counseling are available to
individuals with developmental disabilities (children, adolescents,
and adults) their caretakers, and other family members, as are a
variety of support groups. Psychiatric care, including medication
monitoring is offered.
Other Therapies: Occupational therapy, physical therapy, nursing,
speech and language therapy, podiatry services, rehabilitation
counseling and nutritional counseling are available through AHRC
HealthCare.
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POST HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS AT KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY
COLLEGE AND THE COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND:
These programs are designed to prepare students with cognitive and
developmental disabilities for adult life through higher education and
campus life, career exploration and preparation, self-awareness,
personal improvement, community participation and socialization.
They will provide individualized academic, vocational and social
experiences for young adults in a highly supportive yet challenging
college environment.
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AHRC currently provides a variety of
residential options to 369 individuals in 53 group homes, and 89 supported
apartments. There is currently a long waiting list for residential
placement with many options in development.
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AHRC provides planned out-of-home and in-home
respite, ranging from a period of a few hours to a few weeks, to individuals with
developmental disabilities who reside at home with their families.
Free Standing Respite: Respite
available at AHRC staffed houses and apartments, for up to 14 consecutive days.
Weekend Hotel Respite: Recreational
weekends at hotels, staffed by AHRC personnel.
In-Home Residential Habilitation Services
or In-Home Respite: Assistance provided to families in the home to help them meet
their caregiving responsibilities.
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Service Coordinators help link
individuals and their families with the services they need. AHRC
offers different types of service coordination, including Medicaid
Service Coordination and Early Intervention (EI) Service Coordination.
Eligible people are assigned to a service coordinator who helps access
services whey they are needed and acts as an advocate once linkages
are made. Note: For families desiring any early intervention services,
EI Service Coordination is required.
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AHRC offers individual, group and family
counseling for child, adolescent, and adult siblings of persons with developmental
disabilities. In addition, Sibshops (recreational groups for children ages 5-13)
and an Adult Sibling Support Group are offered. Counseling and support groups provide the opportunity
for typical siblings to meet other siblings from families with developmentally disabled
members. Also see Sibling Services Information page on this Web
Site.
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Chemical Dependency Services
A pioneer in the field, AHRC offers person-centered outpatient
chemical dependency treatment program for individuals with
intellectual disability
and traumatic brain injury
(visit our Faqs page for
general information on tbi).
Our team of qualified professionals tailors "best practice" cognitive
strategies with a 12 Step Recovery program, making lasting recovery
possible. Personalized, holistic treatment plans emphasize case
coordination, harm reduction, relapse prevention, education and skill
building in an intimate and supportive environment. Our program
integrates medical, mental health and rehabilitation services at AHRC
to meet the complex needs of individuals with disabilities.
All services are available in Spanish
To make a referral, please call 212-780-2570
(PEIR) Program
The Prevention Education, Information and Referral Program is
designed to increase community awareness of intellectual disabilities,
traumatic brain injury, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and co-existing alcohol
and/or other drugs abuse in these populations. For further
information, please call 212-780-2658
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TBI-CSS is not a traditional
rehabilitation program. At TBI-CSS, rehabilitation services are
provided through an array of life-long community-based services and supports
tailored to meet the needs and interests of individuals with acquired brain
injuries long after they have been discharged
from traditional rehabilitation settings. It is an
excellent service option post-discharge from a traditional rehabilitation
setting or as a complement to those services.
The TBI-CSS program offers adults, over the age of
eighteen with acquired brain injury, the opportunities to develop and maintain skills for
work, home and leisure time, in a community based setting. Services at
AHRC's TBI-CSS include structured day program, service
coordination, clinical rehabilitation services, cognitive and functional skill building,
educational/vocational preparation and support, and rehabilitation services.
For more information on
services for Traumatic Brain Injury, please go to the TBI-CSS
page.
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