The Children's Home is licensed by the New York State Education Department to provide specialized educational services on-campus to children in our Residential Treatment Center, Diagnostic Program, Day Treatment Program and Residential Treatment Facility.

Specialized Educational Program

Residents are provided with an educational program in a safe and highly structured environment with a goal of enhancing each student's academic stature as well as providing a behavioral structure which will afford them an opportunity to attain a greater degree of success during their educational years and beyond.

Students attend 6:1:1 classrooms - six children per class, one teacher and one teacher aide (except at the CH-RTF where there are two teacher aides per classroom). Education instruction includes the core subjects of Math, Language Arts, Science and Social Studies as well as the special area subjects of Physical Education, Music, Art, Computers, Industrial Arts, Home & Careers.

The Educational Program provides both regular academic curricula and individualized special education curricula. The type of program planned for each student is based upon his or her individual strengths, abilities, challenges and needs.