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Residential services operates residential facilities, such as individualized residential alternative (supportive and supervised), intermediate care facilities (non-medically frail and medically frail). Other services provided include respite.

Employment and business services (ebs) operates programs providing people who are neurodiverse opportunities to work in private industry and in Ahrc businesses. Other services provided by ebs include the operation of job training programs for people from ages 19 and up, paid opportunities working in businesses run by Ahrc, project search internships, as well as a variety of other internships that provide experience and may lead to future employment.

Adult day services program operates adult day centers offering people who are neurodiverse day habilitation, pre-vocational, vocational, and work readiness services. Adult day services for people with traumatic brain injuries and other services, such as community transition, adaptive technology support, and travel training are also offered. For eligible individuals, higher education programs are available at several of the cuny colleges where students receive necessary support and take classes alongside their peers without disabilities.

Educational services operates six schools for children who are neurodiverse. Specifically, these include: four special education preschools for children ages three - five with developmental delays; an elementary school for children ages four years and nine months - twelve years of age and a middle/high school for children from 12 - 21 years of age. The school-age programs serve students with autism spectrum disorder, emotional disturbances, multiple disabilities, and other health impairments.

Clinical and family services offers individual, group, and family counseling. Psychological testing and psychological evaluations are provided by psychologists, social workers, therapists, and rehabilitation counselors to people who are neurodiverse of all ages. A variety of support services are offered to parents/guardians, and other family members. Nursing and nutrition services, sibling counseling and support groups are also available.

In-home services are for families of a person who is neurodiverse who lives at home. A dilemma may arise when it is time to do the simplest of tasks, such as going food shopping, visiting the doctor, or simply relaxing. Consequently, for people who are neurodiverse who reside at home with their families, Ahrc New York City provides out-of-home and in-home respite opportunities, ranging from a period of a few hours to a few days. Additionally, the organization provides programs that engage people who are neurodiverse after their day programs, on weekends, and even during vacations, making their lives more fulfilling.

Family support services (fss) provides reimbursement assistance to people who are neurodiverse, who live with their parents, to help them pay for goods and/or services. Also, assistance is provided to families to assist them with the cost of the camp. In addition, fss provides clinical psychological and psychosocial evaluations and information to families who may not be medicaid eligible and wish to obtain services.

Camping and recreation operates camp anne, a traditional summer sleep-away camp for people who are neurodiverse from the age of five through adulthood. The katie isaacson and elaine gordon lodge is an alternative to the traditional summer sleep-away recreation program; it is a program for adults who are neurodiverse, who are more independent and 18 and over.also, camping and recreation in collaboration with the ymca of greater New York offers an integrated camp for children ages 6 to 15 with special needs who are interested in succeeding in an environment with typical children. In addition to summer camps, a school holiday respite session is offered for two weeks in late august for children with special needs from ages 5 to 21, as well as during the christmas and easter school breaks. Recreation opportunities for those of all ages are also offered throughout the year and include arts, sports, dance, music, as well as socialization events that offer leisure time activities to people who are neurodiverse and offer a break from caregiving to families.

Individualized support (is) assists adults who are neurodiverse to live independently in their communities and provides supports and services to assist them in doing so, including funds for housing when eligible. Is also supports self-direction, which gives people who are neurodiverse and their families the flexibility to decide on a mix of supports and services that best meet their unique needs.

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