Birch Family Services is a team of more than 3,000 teachers, therapists, social workers, psychologists, nurses, residence counselors, administrators, board members, and family members working together:

To provide the finest education, habilitation, and residential services to people with autism and other developmental disabilities
To help their families overcome the lifelong obstacles they face in raising children with disabilities.
We’ve grown from a few classrooms into a large network of schools, residences, and family support programs located throughout New York City. Committed to sharing our expertise widely for the benefit of those we serve, we train hundreds of professionals throughout the tri-state area in our Birch Training Institute.

We speak many languages and reflect the social, racial, and ethnic diversity of New York City.

* Pre-School Special Education for children 2.6 through age 5

* Small Supervised Residences for adolescents and adults

* Head Start and Day Care for typically-developing children, as well as for those with special needs

* Day Habilitation for graduates from the NYC Board of Education

* School-Age Special Education services for children, adolescents and young adults ranging in age of 5-8 and 11-21 years old

The 1,500 children, adolescents, and adults we help each day are affected by:

Disabilities: autism, emotional disabilities, severe speech and language impairments, severe learning disabilities and traumatic brain injuries
Poverty: 75% of the children we serve live in families with incomes so low that they qualify for federal meal subsidies.