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Time Magazine

"The road to Hannah's mind opened a few days before her 13th birthday."

"Her parents, therapists, nutritionists and teachers had spent years preparing the way. They had moved mountains to improve her sense of balance, her sensory perception and her overall health. They sent in truckloads of occupational and physical therapy and emotional support. But it wasn't until the fall of 2005 that traffic finally began to flow in the other direction."

Celebrate the Children was featured as TIME Magazine’s cover story on May 2006! 
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Valerie Plesch for The New York Times

​Can Virtual Reality Help Autistic Children Navigate the Real World?

"Celebrate the Children, a nonprofit private school in Denville, N.J., for children with autism and related challenges, hosted one of the early pilots for Floreo; Monica Osgood, the school’s co-founder and executive director, said the school had continued to use the system."

My autistic son can think more than you guys

Celebrate the Children is making headlines in the Netherlands!
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Ribbon cut to fete grand opening of new Environmental Center

The newly built "Celebrate the Children Environmental Center" at Celebrate the Children School  celebrated its official grand opening on Wednesday, April 27, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, followed by a private concert with three-time Grammy-nominated children’s music artist, Brady Rymer, as part of an autism acceptance and awareness celebration.

The Environmental Center is part of the newly expanded curriculum offerings, including environmental education, STEAM, and environmental-based internship opportunities. 

For autistic youths entering adulthood, a new world of challenges awaits

Finding work, love, and independence can be especially difficult for those on the spectrum.

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'Autism Awareness Month' was recognized by mayor, police chief in Denville

"April was “Autism Awareness Month” and in its recognition, messages were issued by Mayor Tom Andes, Police Chief Frank Perna and parents of the township’s “Celebrate The Children” School." Read more

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Denville school celebrates kids with autism and special needs, beaming not broken  

"For 15 fantastic years, Celebrate the Children has helped autistic and special needs children realize their full potential while supporting all those who love them." Read More

Denville school raising funds for new indoor/outdoor play area

"DENVILLE TWP. – 'Celebrate the Children,' a school for children with alternative learning styles, is working hard to fundraise the last few thousand dollars they need to finish putting in an indoor/outdoor play area for their preschool and elementary students." Read More

Celebrate the Children Will Soon Relocate to Denville

“Celebrate the Children will relocate its schools to Denville in early 2014.  The non-profit, state-approved private school, which serves students ages 3-21 with autism and other challenges in relating and communicating has been operating in New Jersey for 10 years and has campuses in Wharton and Dover.” Read More

Something to Celebrate

"After four meetings with the Denville Zoning Board of Adjustment, the application by Celebrate the Children School (CTC) was approved on Aug. 15. Servicing students with Autism Spectrum Disorder, the school will take over the property at 230 Diamond Spring Road which had been owned and operated by the New Jersey School for the Blind."  Read More

Denville Approves School for Autistic Children

"DENVILLE — The township zoning board of adjustment has approved plans by Celebrate the Children Inc. to operate a school for up to 130 autistic children on the NJ Foundation for the Blind property on Diamond Spring Road." Read More

Support Celebrate the Children Once Again

"This Thursday, August 15, 2013 there will be a 3rd specially held Board of Adjustment Meeting at Denville Town Hall, at 7:00 PM, to review Celebrate the Children’s interest in purchasing the present Foundation of the Blind for their new Denville home for all their school children." Read More

Improve Autism Awareness

"It's time to get blue for autism.  But that doesn't mean it's a sad time.  To the contrary, it is a positive moment because this month is Autism Awareness Month and all are urged to wear blue to publicize the need for greater services and research."  Read More

Bowling for Dollars... 70's Style

"Members of the Randolph High School Autism Club participated in Celebrate the Children's second Bowl-a-Thon March 18th at Circle Lanes in Ledgewood."  Read More

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Whippany Park track and field athletes visited Celebrate the Children, a school for kids with special needs in Wharton. Read More

Cause for Celebration

"When Dan Keinan came to Celebrate the Children four years ago, he couldn't event stand up strait.  But on Wednesday, the 8-year-old from Chester Township jogged proudly around cones, eyes sparkling under the brim of a floppy orange hat.  Keinan has dyspraxia, and the walk-a-thon style event helped his muscles and his brain connect." Read More

Area School Helps Autistic Children

"When Danson Madela Wambua heard another 9-year-old with autism had come to visit him during a recent stay in Texas, we went downstairs to shake his hand." Read More

Celebrate the Children Relocates to Wharton

"Celebrate the Children recently moved to Morris County from its two former locations in Sussex County." Read More

Celebrating Children

"Parents of special needs children, even more than other parents, dream of a school where programs are designed to meet the individual needs of students.  Celebrate the Children, a special needs school here, strives for soecil, personal and academic excellence couples with education in the arts." Read More

School Celebrates Children, Involves Parents

"Music lingers softly in the air as a student sits in a classroom bouncing on a yoga ball while doing school work.  Across the hall, another student dances with his teacher.  Hallways are filled with posters, artwork and photos.  Children are interacting with their teachers, maybe not in conventional ways, but they are learning." Read More

Autistic Child, 8, from Mine Hill is Time's Cover Boy

"Lorie Furth had advance notice that her son would appear on the cover of Time magazine, but seeing it on a newsstand still surprised her."  Read More

A Special Approach in Byram

"Mia Pak, a teacher at Celebrate the Children, assists Nick Lombardo, 10, with an exercise in the classroom on Wednesday.  The Byram school tackles neurological disorders with one-on-one relationship building to help students develop."  Read More 

School Tackles Neurological Disorders by Engaging Students One-on-One

"Parents of children diagnosed with neurological disorders such as autism and Asperger's syndrome often are offered very little hope that their children will ever be able to function normally in society, but believers in a new line of clinical concepts hope to prove such thinking wrong."  Read More

Programs Show Positive Reinforcement Opens Minds

"Bernadette Smith of Mount Olive always sought out what she believed to the best education for her twins, both diagnosed with autism." Read More

Special Kids, Special Needs

"Counselor Danielle Brazel comforts Justin, 6, a student at the Celebrate the Children school for children with autism in Byram.  The school opened in January 2004."  Read More 

Bodyshop

"The children are lying on colored mats, waiting for class to begin.  'Take your shoes off, close your eyes.  You have no thoughts, no concerns,' says Miriam Behar, an occupational therapist as she gently passes a colorful silk scarf over the faces and legs of her pupils as a way to get them to relax."  Read More

A Class in Calm

"Miriam Behar leads a yoga class at the center for special needs in Byram.  The class aims to bring a sense of calm to the kids, many of them autistic." Read More

Celebrating the Children

"A private school for children with learning disabilities in Byram is quietly providing an innovative education for children from all over sussex county." Read More

Specialized-Education Programs for Autistic Vary in Approach

"The New Jersey Center for Outreach and Services for the Autism Community (COSAC) states Autistic Disorder (autism), Asperger's Disorder and Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS) are commonly referred to as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)." Read More