Month: September 2011

  • FHF Transition Services

    FHF Transition Services

    Please contact us at fhf@fhfnyc.org  Transition Services  GREAT NEWS for parents of students 14 years of age and older!!! If your specials needs teenager is high functioning and diploma bound but still doesn’t have age appropriate social and emotional skills, do we have a program for you! Do you worry at night that when your…

  • Marks JCH – Brooklyn Special Needs

    Marks JCH of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn – Special Needs Programs My name is Karina Burman and I am the Special Needs Coordinator at the Marks JCH of Bensonhurst. I am delighted to tell you about our Special Needs Programs for all ages that include After School Program, Sunday Social Skills Groups, Camp, Job Readiness Programs. if…

  • Spectrum Shows – No Shushing Allowed!

    Spectrum Shows: NO SHUSHING ALLOWED! Movies and shows for kids on the autism spectrum. A series of screenings of movies and live performances tailored to the needs of autistic children. I have an autistic son myself and while I applaud AMC’s Sensory Screenings I feel that most autistic children do not have sensory problems with…

  • Parent Recommended Books (LIST)

    PARENT RECOMMENDED BOOKS   Unraveling the Mystery of Autism/& PDD: A Mother’s Story of Research & Recovery by Karyn Seroussi   The New Language of Toys: Teaching Communication Skills to Children with Special Needs,  A Guide for Parents and Teachers by Sue Schwartz, Ph.D& Joan E. Heller, Ed.M   The Verbal Behavior Approach – How…

  • Special Needs Resources (LIST)

    Special Needs Resource Places   Autism Society of America – (800) 3-AUTISM Board of Education – (718) 390 -1662 Center for Special Children – For students entering College thru CUNY@CSU. They help children with support and advocate for their needs in the College.  They have 2 & 4 year programs.  For information, call Margaret VanDitti…

  • EZ-Pass – Did You Know?

    Did you know?   If you have an EZ-pass, when going into/or out of New Jersey from any of the Bridges in NJ ( Goethals, Bayonne, Outbridge, etc) and there are 3 people in the car anytime,  it will only cost $2 to go over the bridge You Must Call  EZ Pass & ask them…

  • Swimming

    Swimming – provided through JCC of Staten Island.  Offered in sessions. Contact Jayne Smith, Special Need Director at (718) 475 -5286. 

  • Music Lessons

    Music Lessons – Snug Harbor Cultural Center.  1000 Richmond Terrace.   (718) 720–5354 or visit their website at  www.Siconservatoryofmusic.org.

  • Karate

    Karate Fireflies.  Ask for Lisa Chin  521 18th Street #2 Brooklyn, NY 11215 Park  Slope.  (718) 355-9480. Will work with your child’s OT & PT.  Visit her web site at http://www.firefliesny.com/ Calla Karate –  Eddie Calla – Located on Manor Road & Castelton.  Classes & individual. (917) 439-4969.

  • Horseback Riding

    Horseback Riding Richer Farms Inc. 322 Sharrots Road 718-967-0742.  Beautiful Horses, loving people, Has therapeutic riding.  Ask for Cheryl. Winslow Therapeutic Center 328 Rt. 17A. Warwick, NY (845) 986-6686. Geared to Children with autism & communicative disorders.  www.winslow.org. Suzanne Grande-Baymar Farms  –  Just over the OuterBridge.  (347) 679-5706