- Rita Pierson
Broadstep Academy is an NJDOE approved private school serving students and families seeking alternative methods and treatment in meeting the needs of students with autism, behavioral challenges, and intellectual/developmental disabilities.
Our dedicated and engaged staff delivers a strength-based educational model, in comfortable learning environments, with relevant, interactive experiences. Our program goal is to maximize each student’s desired outcome for life by achieving higher levels of success at school, home, and in the community. Through working together as a team, we share a promise to foster hope and expand student horizons for their potential.
Assisting students and families in identifying triggers and developing plans to shape and manage behaviors.
Student autonomy is promoted by offering opportunities for choice and decision-making throughout their day building confidence and self-esteem.
Various programs provide group and individual opportunities to interact and role play specific skills to navigate life’s domain.
Our people bring together decades of experience to deliver the best physical, emotional, and mental support to those with intellectual and development disabilities (I/DD), mental illness, and co-occurring disorders.
Broadstep Academy prohibits acts of harassment, intimidation, and bullying (HIB). Click here to review our policy. To review NJDOE’s “Guidance for Parents on the Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights,” please click here. To report an alleged HIB incident, please complete HIB Form 338 (English) or (Spanish) and submit to Lisa Corliss, Principal and Anti-Bullying Coordinator.
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