The School for Adaptive & Integrative Learning at Ferncliff Manor

The School for Adaptive & Integrative Learning at Ferncliff Manor is a New York State Education Department approved private, nonpublic school program serving a population of residential and day students with severe intellectual and developmental disabilities. Located in Yonkers, NY, SAIL provides a wide range of supports and services, including specialized instruction, intensive staff to student ratios, positive behavior interventions and supports, social services, rehabilitative therapies (Speech, Occupational, and Physical), dietary programming, and living accommodations. Their unique integrative approach ensures that each department works in concert to deliver a seamless education for all learners, with a focus on student-centered care and collaboration among staff. With a highly supportive staff to student ratio, SAIL provides students with intensive staffing ratios for the delivery of supports and services, allowing them to benefit from living, learning, working, and growing in smaller groups. The school serves students aged 5 to 21, most of whom present with an autism spectrum disorder diagnosis among other concurrent disabilities, and provides a multi-faceted plan of care designed to meet each student's needs from a person-centered perspective.