School for the Blind Overview

St. Joseph's School for the Blind is a New Jersey Department of Education approved private school serving students with visual impairments and multiple disabilities (developmental, physical, medical), ages 3-21.  

St. Joseph's goal is to promote each student’s ability to learn, work and live in the least restrictive environment possible.  We provide:

• Comprehensive academic and life skills training
   
• Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapies, as well as Orientation and Mobility training
   
• An ADA-compliant, LEEDS Certified facility built in 2007 on a 3-acre campus
   
• Collaboration with the student’s parents and local school district to determine a student’s Individualized Educational Plan (IEP)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
• School programs that are funded by the local sending school district and by fundraising.  There is no cost to families