Northside Center For Child Developement Day School

Programs: Northside center for child development day school (the "school") serves families with children ages zero to eight at their homes, at our day school at our main site on 110th street, at our susan patricof head start center on east 111th street, at our head start children and family services center in brooklyn and our early head start center in the bronx and at partner organizations within the community. Northside offers early care and education initiatives to promote nurturing environments where typically developing and special needs children grow in their cognitive, social, literacy and physical development. Northside centers early intervention program involves a close collaborative effort between parents, service coordinators, evaluators, and the new york city early intervention program to develop individualized family service plans outlining the combination of social work, speech, occupational, physical therapies, special instruction (group and individual) and family training that will be provided over the course of the year. Northside also offers applied behavior analysis treatment (aba) for children on the autism spectrum. They have multi-lingual/multi-cultural early intervention service coordinators, which allows us to help more children and families in a geographic area where many residents are non-english speaking or for whom english is not their primary language. Services are provided in the home and in the center. Eligibility can only be determined by state approved evaluators under contract with the new york city department of health and mental hygiene. One of the programs major objectives is to teach families how to use every day routines to assist their childs development. Additional private funding through the tiger and robin hood foundations has enhanced the program with additional outreach, quality assurance initiatives along with additional services. For the year ended june 30, 2017, northside served 372 children in our early intervention program. Northside centers pre-k program the goal of the pre-k program is to provide intensive individualized interventions which combine clinical and educational support for children ages 2. 5 through 5 years of age. These children exhibit emotional difficulties, language disorders, learning disabilities and/or mild neurological impairment. The early childhood classrooms with high staff to child ratios offer a supportive and nurturing environment. Each class has a certified special education teacher and two assistants. As part of the department of aging, senior volunteers called foster grandparents are also an integral part of the each classroom. The curriculum focuses on language development as well as other school readiness skills including physical and emotional strength development. Speech and language therapy, occupational, physical therapy and counseling are all part of our holistic approach to care. For the year ended june 30, 2017, northside served 116 pre-k children in the day treatment and integrated classes as part of our pre-k program. Northside centers school-age program provides early and intensive individualized interventions which combine clinical and educational services for children ages 5 to 8. These children may be experiencing emotional difficulties, developmental delays or severe language and learning disabilities. Each class is led by a licensed special education teacher and 2 assistant teachers. The curriculum focuses on language development, school readiness, reading and math skills as well as gross and fine motor skills. Our school age program enhances social and emotional development, speech and language therapy along with physical and occupational therapy as needed. For the year ended june 30, 2017, northside served 16 children in the school-age program. This support is supplied by the state education department and is used to provide enrichment opportunities for special needs pre-k and school age children. These monies are separate and apart from individualized education plans. (ieps). Enrichment in addition to its holistic approach to care, what makes the day school so unique is its ability to internally refer children and families to other programs and services within northside. Additionally, enrichment activities are offered which are supported by private funding. These include a tech for tots initiative where special needs children are learning to code by building lego robots and having them move by writing code on their ipads. Through our partnership with american ballet theatre, northside also offers our special needs children dance and movement classes.