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Educational Services: Testing, Tutors, Learning Disabilities, College, Homework Help
Schools 2011

Over one hundred and sixty specialized schools in New Jersey serve students aged 3-21 with disabilities. The New Jersey Department of Education monitors out of district school placements. For a complete list of schools and info about state and federal regulations, see website.

The Allegro School
125 Ridgedale Ave., Cedar Knolls, 973-267-8060. Autism/PDD ages 3-21.

The ARC
The Arc of New Jersey
• The Arc of Essex
  123 Naylon Ave., Livingston, 973-535-1181.
  Infant stimulation program preschool classes, school for severely disabled, summer day camp, social work info and referral, respite care–in-home and out of home.
• The Arc of Hunterdon County 
  The Concourse at Beaver Brook, 1465 Route 31 Annandale, 908-730-7827.
• The Arc of Middlesex
  219 Black Horse Lane, Suite 1, North Brunswick, 732-821-1199.
• The Arc of Morris County
  PO Box 123, Morris Plains, NJ 07950, 973-326-9750.
  Extended day/extended year preschool handicapped class for children 3 to 5 years with multiple or complex handicapping conditions.
• The Arc of Somerset
  141 S. Main St., Manville, 908-725-8544. 
  Jerry Davis Early Childhood Center, 141 S. Main St., Manville, 908-725-2266. Quality, affordable daycare and preschool services to children 18 mos. to 6 yrs.
• The Arc of Union
  52 Fadem Rd., Springfield, 973-315-0000.
  Infant through preschool classes for children with developmental disabilities. Pre-school and multiple-handicapped after-school care. Arc Kohler School, 1137 Globe Ave., Mountainside.

Banyan School
12 Hollywood Ave., Fairfield, 973-439-1919.

Bonnie Brae School
Liberty Corner, 908-647-0800. Residential treatment center for adolescent boys.

The Calais School
45 Highland Ave., Whippany, 973-884-2030. K-12.

Center School
319 N. Third Ave., Highland Park, 732-249-3355. K-12.

The Child Development Center
60 West St., Bloomfield, 973-429-8110. Ages 5-21.

The Children’s Institute
One Sunset Ave., Verona, 973-509-3050. Ages 3-21.

The Craig School
10 Tower Hill Rd., Mountain Lakes, 973-334-1295. Grades 3-12.

Crossroads School
45 Cardinal Dr., Westfield, 908-232-6655.

Deron School of New Jersey
1140 Commerce Ave., Union, 908-206-0444. Ages 5-13; 130 Grove St., Montclair, 973-509-2777. Ages 13-21.

Developmental Learning Center
Mountain View Rd., Warren Twp., 908-. Built by the Morris-Union Jointure Commission to serve the needs of autistic students ages 3-12 from 28 constituent school districts.

ECLC of New Jersey
Morris County Campus, 21 Lum Ave., Chatham, 973-635-1700. Ages 5-21.

First Children School
330 South Ave., Fanwood, 908-654-2470.

Horizon School - Cerebral Palsy of New Jersey
51 Old Rd., Livingston, 973-740-2353. Ages 3-21.

Lake Drive School
10 Lake Dr., Mountain Lakes, 973-299-0166. Deaf & hard of hearing students birth through high school.

The Lewis School
53 Bayard Lane, Princeton, 609-924-8120. Preschool to adult.

Lord Stirling School
Lord Stirling Rd., Basking Ridge, 908-766-1786. Ages 7-21.

Matheny Medical & Educational Center
65 Highland Ave., PO Box 339, Peapack, 908-234-0011, ext. 237 or 721. Special education school designed to provide academics, combined with functional life skills for students, ages 3-12, with medically complex developmental disabilities.

McAuley School for Exceptional Children
1633 Rt. 22, Watchung, 908-754-4114.

The Midland School
94 Readington Rd., Branchburg, 908-722-8222. Ages 5-21.

Milton School
346 E. Mt. Pleasant Ave., Livingston, 973-422-1772. Grades 7-12.

Montgomery Academy
188 Mt. Airy Rd., Basking Ridge, 908-766-0362.

Mount Carmel Guild Therapeutic Nursery
505 South Ave., Cranford, 908-497-3925.

Newmark Schools
Newmark K-8, 365 Emerson Ave., Plainfield, 908-753-0330; Newmark High School, 132 Emerson St., Carteret, 732-541-5112.

P.G. Chambers School
15 Halko Dr., Cedar Knolls, 973-829-8484. Ages birth-22.

Princeton Child Development Institute
300 Cold Soil Rd., Princeton, 609-924-6280. Autism children-adults.

Purnell School
51 Pottersville Rd., Pottersville, 908-439-2154. Secondary girls boarding school.

Somerset Hills Learning Institute
1810 Burnt Mills Rd., Bedminster, 908-719-6400. Serves children and young adults with autism.

Somerset Hills School
206 Mt. Horeb Rd., Warren, 732-469-6900. Boys 7-14.

Summit Speech School
705 Central Ave., New Providence, 908-508-0011. Ages: Birth-5 yrs. Tuition: Parent/infant program: no cost; Preschool: school district pays tuition or sliding scale.
      The Summit Speech School is a private, non-profit school for hearing-impaired children from birth through five years of age, providing an auditory/oral program to develop language, speech and residual hearing.

The Winston School
100 East Lane, Short Hills, 973-379-4114. Grades 3-8.