Comprehensive, Individualized Programs Meeting a Lifetime of Needs

Founded in 1972 in New Haven, CT, Chapel Haven Schleifer Center is a nationally accredited transitional living program and approved private special education school with a mission of empowering adults (18+) with developmental and social disabilities to live independent and self-determined lives.

Our comprehensive, individualized residential programs provide learning in practical academics, job development, life skills, apartment living, social communicative competence, recreation and help with college. Students may then transition into a community apartment with lifelong support services and a continuing education component. We also offer virtual learning, structured day programs, recreation programs, vocational training and a host of other options, both for graduates of our residential programs and for those outside of the Chapel Haven Schleifer Center community who are seeking services.

Chapel Haven Schleifer Center recently completed a $50 million campus expansion in order to provide new, state-of-the-art care facilities for our growing community. This includes a REACH residential and classroom campus to house Chapel Haven's REACH program, a Welcome Center, and a Schleifer Adult Independent Living (SAIL) residential community where adults with disabilities can flourish into their senior years in a vibrant and non-institutional setting.

Learn more about Chapel Haven's residential programs:

REACH

The REACH Program (Residential Education at Chapel Haven) is approved by the State of Connecticut Department of Education and internationally accredited by CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities).

The REACH program is designed for young adults 18 years of age and older, with:

• Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
• Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Down Syndrome
• Cerebral Palsy

In REACH, Chapel Haven serves 30 residential students and a small number of day students in our new, state-of-the-art REACH campus. In addition, the Supported Living Program serves 150 graduates who are Community Members. Students come to Chapel Haven from all over the United States, as well as Canada, the Far East, and Europe. Our New Haven location gives students and community members the opportunity to develop a full and varied lifestyle within a small city setting.

Find more details about the REACH program at

www.chapelhaven.org/reach/.

Asperger Syndrome Adult Transition (ASAT) Program

Chapel Haven's Asperger's Syndrome Adult Transition (ASAT) in New Haven, CT, was created in 2006 by experts in the field of autism.

The ASAT program is designed for young adults 18 years of age and older, with:

• Asperger Syndrome
• Social Communication Disorders
• Executive Functioning and Nonverbal Learning Challenges
• Mild Autism

Typical challenges addressed by our curriculum include:

• Executive functioning and organization
• Self-advocacy and self-awareness
• Understanding the perspective of others and hidden social rules
• Balancing all aspects of adult independent living
• Personal safety
• Navigating college
• Anxiety and managing transitions
• Managing the online world
• Navigating the working world (finding and keeping the right job)
• Shifting communication style based on context
• Understanding nuance, humor, sarcasm idioms, or words with multiple meanings