| A Snapshot of Autism Spectrum Disorder in New Jersey | Other Resources | The Center for Disease Control and Prevention provides an overview of the number of children with autism spectrum disorder, the characteristics of those children, and the age at which they are first evaluated and diagnosed. This statistic is also found in 10 other states. |
| Achieve Beyond | Therapies & Treatments | Provides pediatric therapy and educational services to children, students, and families throughout the United States. Achieve Beyond's team of highly-skilled healthcare professionals includes: Speech-Language Pathologists, Special Educators, Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Psychologists, Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs), Behavior Therapists, and more. |
| Achieve Beyond | Psychology & Psychiatry | Provides pediatric therapy and educational services to children, students, and families throughout the United States. Achieve Beyond's team of highly-skilled healthcare professionals includes: Speech-Language Pathologists, Special Educators, Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Psychologists, Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs), Behavior Therapists, and more. |
| Alpine learning group | Therapies & Treatments | They transform the lives of people with autism and their families by providing innovative, comprehensive, and scientifically validated services throughout their lives. Through regularly scheduled free workshops for parents, professionals, and caregivers, Alpine provides community partners with information on autism, the principles of ABA, and its unique teaching methods. Training is offered to service providers, including physicians, dentists, community care providers, and other professionals who care for people with autism. |
| ASD ROADMAP | Other Resources | ASD ROADMAP is a platform that provides relevant information on Autism that addresses research topics, relationships between autism services, stages of intervention, and much more. |
| Autism Learning Partners | Evaluation & Diagnosis | Provides services to children with autism and other developmental disabilities including center-based, home-based ABA therapy, early intervention, diagnostic services, social skills program, parent involvement and training, speech, occupational and physical therapy , telehealth services, comprehensive ABA therapy, and focused ABA therapy. |
| Autism Learning Partners | Therapies & Treatments | Provides services to children with autism and other developmental disabilities including center-based, home-based ABA therapy, early intervention, diagnostic services, social skills program, parent involvement and training, speech, occupational and physical therapy , telehealth services, comprehensive ABA therapy, and focused ABA therapy. |
| Autism New Jersey | Education | Autism New Jersey is a nonprofit agency committed to ensuring safe and fulfilling lives for individuals with autism, their families, and the professionals who support them. Through awareness, credible information, education, and public policy initiatives, Autism New Jersey leads the way to lifelong individualized services provided with skill and compassion. |
| Autism Speaks | Support Groups | Autism Speaks is dedicated to promoting solutions, across the spectrum and throughout life, to the needs of people with autism and their families. |
| Autism Speaks | Other Resources | Autism Speaks is dedicated to promoting solutions, across the spectrum and throughout life, to the needs of people with autism and their families. |
| BuddEConnect | Other Resources | BuddEConnect is a non-profit project of the West Morris Soccer Club. It is also a student-run organization that offers children with special needs the opportunity for social interaction, physical activity. |
| Centria | Therapies & Treatments | Their mission is to help children living with autism develop, pursue, and achieve their own goals through high-quality ABA therapy and support. |
| Department of education | Education | The New Jersey Department of Education supports schools, educators and districts to ensure all of New Jersey's 1.4 million students have equitable access to high quality education and achieve academic excellence. Within their services they offer a list of schools for students with disabilities |
| Division of Developmental Disabilities | Other Resources | The Division of Development Disabilities ensures the opportunity for people with developmental disabilities to receive quality services and support, participate significantly in their communities and exercise their right to make decisions. |
| Eden | Therapies & Treatments | Eden provides lifelong support, from the time of diagnosis through school age and into adulthood. They are a community of children and adults with autism, teachers, job coaches, direct caregivers, parents, guardians, and friends. Eden Autism offers a twelve-month school program for youth ages 3-21, vocational training for teens and adults, adult residential services, and many other resources based on applied behavior analysis. With a commitment to excellence in autism services |
| Family Resource Network (FRN) | Other Resources | FRN is dedicated to offering individuals and their families in continuing need the best opportunities, resources, and services to support a full and happy life. They have more than 50 programs and services available to New Jerseyans living with epilepsy, autism, intellectual, developmental, and physical disabilities, and chronic conditions. |
| Family services | Other Resources | Autism Family Services of New Jersey, an affiliate of The Family Resource Network, founded 2004, is dedicated to ensuring a better quality of life for individuals and their families affected by Autism and related disorders throughout the lifespan. It is a statewide non-profit organization dedicated to developing programs such as respite care, after school and recreation programs. |
| Merakey | Therapies & Treatments | Merakey is a nonprofit organization that provides ongoing care for people with autism throughout their lives by offering education and therapy services to help children, adolescents, and young adults. Applied behavior analysis is integrated into all autism programs to teach basic skills and maximize communication. |
| New Jersey - Applied ABC | Evaluation & Diagnosis | Applied ABC provides ABA and autism therapy services for individuals with autism. Applied Behavioral Counseling provides behavioral therapy in the home. The organization offers evaluations, treatment plan, behavior analyst, parenting trainings and much more. |
| New Jersey - Applied ABC | Therapies & Treatments | Applied ABC provides ABA and autism therapy services for individuals with autism. Applied Behavioral Counseling provides behavioral therapy in the home. The organization offers evaluations, treatment plan, behavior analyst, parenting trainings and much more. |
| POAC | Other Resources | POAC Autism Services, a non-profit organization. Each year they offer hundreds of events for the autism community, including: training for parents and educators; recreational and support services for children with autism spectrum disorder and their families; and training for police and first responders that is saving the lives of children with autism across the state. They address, support, and promote legislative issues that affect people with autism and their families. In addition, POAC is on the New Jersey Governor's Autism Council. |
| Princeton child development | Training | Its goal is to provide an effective, science-based intervention for children and adults with autism and, through research and outreach, extend treatment resources to people with autism, both nationally and internationally. |
| The Arc of Mercer | Other Resources | Arc Mercer is intended to guarantee all people with developmental disabilities the opportunity to choose and achieve their goals. They are dedicated to reducing the incidence and limiting the consequences of developmental disabilities through prevention, education and advocacy. Programs are offered to those who need them and opportunities for integration into the wider community are sought. It also provides leadership in the field of developmental disabilities and develops the resources necessary to achieve these goals. |
| The Autism Registry in New Jersey | Support Groups | The Registry was created to better understand autism or ASD in New Jersey and link families to available services and supports. These county-based coordinated service providers have many years of experience and knowledge of state, county, and local resources available to families of children with special health care needs. |
| The Autism Registry in New Jersey | Other Resources | The Registry was created to better understand autism or ASD in New Jersey and link families to available services and supports. These county-based coordinated service providers have many years of experience and knowledge of state, county, and local resources available to families of children with special health care needs. |
| We Rock the Spectrum Kids Gym - Audubon | Recreation & Community Life | We Rock the Spectrum Audubon offers children a fun and motivating environment to help them in the areas of strength, movement, sensory processing, communication, positive behavior modification, social interactions and self-care skills. The unique equipment assists all children in their growth and neurological development. The gym includes suspended equipment with swings for balance and vestibular processing, protective mats and pillows for fun, motor planning and strength, tunnels and zip lines, trampolines for leg and torso strengthening, indoor play structure for climbing and skill development in the play area, sensory toys, fine motor toys and play equipment, craft area with chalkboard. Under the direction of The Cartys. |
| We Rock the Spectrum Kids Gym - Bergen | Recreation & Community Life | We Rock the spectrum Bergen offers children of all abilities a place to play and grow together. It offers a fun and motivating environment to help them in the areas of strength, movement, sensory processing, communication, positive behavior modification, social interactions and self-care skills. Gym includes suspended equipment with swings for balance and vestibular processing, mats and pillows for fun, motor planning and strength, zip line for stress release and joint and body relaxation, trampoline for leg building and core strength, indoor play structure for climbing and increasing play skills, sensory toys to improve auditory processing and fine motor and fine motor skills and Arts and Crafts to improve hand-eye coordination, calming room to regulate emotions and reduce negative sensory input, private room for birthdays, private events and classes and retail store + healthy snacks and beverages. Under the direction of Doris and Tim |
| We Rock the Spectrum Kids Gyms Mount Laurel | Recreation & Community Life | We Rock the Spectrum Mount Laurel is committed to providing a safe, nurturing and fun environment to encourage learning, exploration and safe sensory experiences. Through the non-profit My Brother Rocks The Spectrum Foundation, they provide social skills groups and activities for children across the spectrum. The gym includes suspended equipment with swings for balance and vestibular treatment, protective mats and pillows for fun, motor planning and strength, tunnels and zip lines, trampolines for leg and torso strengthening, indoor play structure for climbing and skill building in the play area, sensory toys, fine motor toys and play equipment, arts and crafts area with chalkboard. Under the direction of Kahreem Cunningham |
| We Rock the Spectrum Kid’s Gyms Waretown | Recreation & Community Life | We Rock the Spectrum Waretown was founded to provide a place for children of all ability levels to play and grow together. It is the only children's gym that offers an inclusive philosophy that has a large number of employees and volunteers who come to us to help our gym and its goal of helping children with special needs grow beyond the expectations of doctors and therapists. Often, a therapist for a child with special needs will attend the gym with the children to observe and provide therapy while using the gym equipment. The gym features 12 specialized pieces of sensory equipment which include the zip line, zip box with slide, crash pit, trampoline, tunnel, carpet swing, hammock swing, climbing structure, booster swing, spinning rotators, climbing a mountain and rope bridge. Under the direction of Jeff and Mary |
