Founded in 1939, the Empire State Special Needs Experience, Inc. (formerly the Empire State Speech and Hearing Clinic) is a non-profit special education summer school operated as a New York State Lions Club Project.
A UNIQUE SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE
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The school at Lions Camp Badger has a new name: EMPIRE STATE SPECIAL NEEDS EXPERIENCE, INC. Our name has changed to meet the changing times and needs of the students and young adults that we serve. Our school program is run Monday thru Friday and has instruction based on each student’s IEP. Our program will have an emphasis on the transition from school to the world of work in addition to the subject content required for each individual. Personal grooming, food prep., kitchen skills, cleaning and doing laundry will be included in the skills exposed and encouraged in the transition program.
As before, any student may be privately funded. The parents of children with a twelve-month IEP may request our program for the child’s summer educational program and the school will pay for the educational portion and the parents are responsible for the balance.
Located on 420 acres of beautiful woodlands with a man-made lake, the ESSNE provides a living and learning experience uninhibited by traditional school buildings and classrooms.
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The ESSNE is centrally located in upstate New York, convenient to Ithaca, Binghamton, Elmira, and Syracuse. Students who attend the ESSNE come from school districts throughout the state. Out-of-state students are also welcome to attend.
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... A State Project of the
New York State Lions Clubs
Lions Camp Badger
Home of the
EMPIRE STATE SPECIAL NEEDS EXPERIENCE, Inc.
"A Special Education Summer School"
ESSNE IS A 501(C)3 NON-PROFIT CORPORATION
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