School Programs

NJEDDA School Programs for Students with Disabilities

NJEDDA is an New Jersey Department of Education Approved Private School for Children with Disabilities. Our school offers special education programs for students in preschool though age 21.

Our PRESCHOOL PROGRAM serves children with disabilities ages 3-5 through a full day program that meets 5 days a week.

Our ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM serves students ages 5 through 14 who have complex developmental disabilities.

Our HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM serves students with disabilities ages 14-21, and offers a unique range of special education and therapeutic services designed to prepare students for increased independence of adult life.

Districts We Serve

NJEDDA is proud of its long history of effectively serving its students and of the relationships we have developed with our sending districts.

Presently we serve the following local school districts:

Bayonne
Belleville
Bergenfield
Clifton
East Orange
Fair Lawn
Garfield
Glen Rock
Hackensack
Haledon
Hasbrouck Heights
Hawthorne
Jersey City
Kearny
Lakeland Regional
Little Falls
Lodi
Lyndhurst
Mahwah
Manchester Regional
Newark
North Arlington
North Haledon
Parsippany
Passaic
Passaic Valley
Paterson
Pompton Lakes
Prospect Park
Ramapo Indian Hills
Ridgewood
Rutherford
Saddle Brook
Secaucus
Springfield
Teaneck
Totowa
Union
Union City
Wallkill Valley
Wayne
Weehawken
West Milford
Westwood
Woodland Park
Wood Ridge

Admissions

Toddler Program – Children attend at no cost to parents. Children can be referred by family members, parents, physicians and others. For more information, please call (973) 772-2600.

School Programs – Students are referred by their local school district child study team and attend at no cost to parents. For more information, please call (973) 772-2600 ext. 100 (Elementary School), or (973) 772-2600 ext. 221 (High School).

Adult Services – Adults ages 21 and over are referred through the Division of Developmental Disabilities. For more information, please call (973) 772-2600 ext. 310.

Bullying & School Safety

NJEDDA prohibits acts of harassment, intimidation or bullying (HIB) of students. For a copy of our anti-bullying statement, click here.

School Anti-Bullying Specialists:
Ana Maria Rosado (Elementary School) and Erik Sosa (High School), (973) 772-2600.