Eden Ii School For Autistic Childern Inc

See schedule oeducational services provided instruction based on intensive behavior analytic teaching techniques to students diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (asd). These programs utilized a variety of evidence-based teaching strategies, including discrete trial instruction, video modeling, and observational learning. Programming included goals in academics, play and social skills, communication, self-help skills, and adaptive behavior. Speech therapy was provided as a related service in accordance with each student's individualized educational plan. Other school program components included community outings, adaptive physical education, music, and movement. Throughout the year, eden ii provided parent training and support in class, at home, and day and evening parent workshops. Additionally, our school program had a community-based vocational training component, whereby many of our adolescents (with the support and supervision of their teachers) volunteered their time by performing job-related tasks for local businesses in the community. In fiscal year 2024, approximately 105 students, ages 8-21, participated in full-day education programs on staten island. Eden ii's educational programs in staten island also included a preschool program that served 74 students, special education teacher support services (setss), which provided educational programming for 74 children between the ages of 3-5 in their home or a center-based setting, and special education itinerant teacher (seit) services, which provided sessions for 50 children 3-5 years of age. On long island, eden ii's genesis school program served 30 individuals, ages 5-21, in elementary and secondary education programs.

See schedule oadult day habilitation served individuals over 21 years old on staten island and long island. Adults learned skills essential for successful everyday living, focusing on increasing independence across all skill domains. Individualized plans focused on activities of daily life, communication skills, prevocational/vocational skills, promoting adaptive behavior, recreation/leisure skills, community involvement and volunteerism, health and fitness, and social and emotional development. Eden ii provided the training and support required to succeed in integrated community settings and the instruction/support needed to promote the development of employable skills. In fiscal year 2024, the adult day habilitation program served 110 individuals on staten island, and the genesis adult day habilitation program served 55 individuals on long island.

Family support services provided home and community-based services and parent training to address skill acquisition, generalization, and behavior management in various environments. Eden ii focuses on four distinct areas of service provision: family support and services, medicaid waiver programs, and clinical services, focusing on behavioral supports. In fiscal year 2024, 190 participants benefited from various family support services such as crisis respite, summer day camp, overnight community trips, respite trips, and a socialization program across long island, staten island, and brooklyn. With the pandemic, on-site services at our facilities were restricted but slowly reopened to small group activities however, some services continued to be provided at residents' homes or remotely.

On long island, eden ii's outreach autism center provided comprehensive evaluation and assessment services, including diagnostic, psychological, educational, speech, language, and communication skills, and transitional and vocational assessments. Consultation services included autism/aba classroom consultation, autism program evaluation, behavior assessment clinic (bac), functional behavior assessment (fba) and behavior intervention planning (bip), functional analysis of behavior services, social skills individualized instruction and group sessions, and staff development. Additionally, workshops, conferences, and webinars on various topics related to asd were available to the general public throughout the year. In fiscal year 2024, eden ii's outreach center provided services to approximately 55 individuals across all its programs.