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- EIN 22-2511306
- (845) 677-6363
- St Joseph Drive Millbrook NY 12545-0000 USA
- www.hayesdayschool.org/
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Causes: Education, Special Education
Mission: To provide educational programs in a loving, caring environment for disabled students. Chs is a not-for-profit day school serving students who are multiply disabled. Chartered in 1984, the school is certified and received public funding through the nys education department.
Programs: Cardinal hayes school for special children is affiliated with cardinal hayes home for children, a nys opwdd certified residential intermediate care facility for the developmentally disabled - icf/dd. The school provides special education programs for many of the children who reside at cardinal hayes home. Through contracts with public school districts, cardinal hayes school also accepts as day students special needs children who reside in the community. Both ambulatory and non-ambulatory youngsters attend the school. Chs provides a holistic, individualized program to promote intellectual, sensory and physical growth according to each students capacity. The goal is to maximize the quality of life of the students, bringing them into as full participation as possible with the world around them. An individualized education plan is developed for each student according to his or her capacity, level of functioning, needs, strengths and weeknesses. Our curriculum is aligned with the nys alternate learning standards and includes communication, language devlopment, verbal behavior approaches, adaptive physical education, self help skills, multi-sensory integrations, active learning, assistive technology and behavioral modification. Staffing for the school includes special education teachers certified by the nys education department and classroom aids who are trained through in-service programs. Some students require the additional assistance of a 1-1 aid. Other licensed professionals serving the school include - physical, occupational and speech therapists, teachers for visually impaired, adaptive physical education instructor, music therapist, nurse, social worker, behavioral specialist and physician. Children are referred by their local school district's committee on special education. The tuition rate for the school is established by the nys education department. The local school district is responsible for tuition payments as well as transportation for pupils in out program.