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Provides information and education on the development of blind and visually-impaired children. Families may receive telephone support and network with other families. Also sponsors seminars, trainings, meetings, and social events.

Assists and supports parents of disabled children at IEP meetings. Also offers SPAN Resource Parent Trainings, workshops, and other activities to encourage inclusion.

Supports parents and caregivers of children aged birth through 25 facing emotional, behavioral, and mental health challenges by advocating for collaboration with agencies such as DCP&P, DDD, and Juvenile Justice. Provides essential services including peer support, education, advocacy, mediation training, and assistance with court appointments and IEPs. Extends resources through the county Family Support Organization, offering information and referrals to mental healthcare practitioners, special education schools, and substance abuse programs.

Empowering families, Regional Family Support Planning Councils facilitate informed decision-making tailored to their needs. These councils allow both family members and individuals with developmental disabilities to serve, aiding the Division of Developmental Disabilities in resource allocation for regional needs. Members receive reimbursement for travel and childcare expenses incurred while serving on the council. 

Provides early intervention and family services to infants and toddlers with hearing impairments. Services are conducted in the child's in natural environments.

Offers webinars on a variety of topics to support individual with disabilities, family caregivers, and professionals. These online sessions provide timely information, practical tools, and expert guidance.

Offers developmentally appropriate ABA center based programs for newly diagnosed toddlers and preschoolers with autism. Provided at Paramus location.

Provides educational sessions for parents, while holding fun camp activities for children & teens with diabetes, while offering families the opportunity to meet with peers and share feelings and ideas on raising a child with diabetes.  

Provides children, teens and families living with emotional/behavioral issues or a developmental disability the support needed to improve quality of life at home, school and in the community. 

Offers workshops, consultation, and supportive services to parents, schools, and other agencies relating to issues concerning children with disabilities. Training and education are offered in three categories: professional development, workshops and seminars, and internships and field placements. 

Specializing in treating children and adolescents with depression, the Center for Children and Youth, staffed by therapists trained through The Center for the Advancement of Children’s Mental Health at Columbia University, offers collaborative interventions by child psychiatrists and therapists. The Center provides comprehensive assessment, therapy, family support, and medication management for positive outcomes.

Provides an adult day habilitation program, after-school care, and in-home respite services for children and adults with physical and other disabilities. Services extend to families of disabled individuals, featuring programs like the Personal Assistance Services Program (PASP), after-school care, agency-based respite, in-home respite, adult day program, and teenage/adult recreation program offered twice a month.

Empowers parents, grandparents, foster parents, adoptive parents, and caregivers through a free five-day Professional Parent Advocacy Training program. Participants gain insights into family-serving systems, rights, responsibilities, and advocacy skills, enabling effective navigation of these systems and advocacy for their communities to ensure children receive appropriate care. Approved for foster, adoptive, and kinship training credit by NJDCF.