Oak Hill Helps Teens with Disabilities

Programs that Serve Teens & Young Adults

1. Oak Hill School
2. Individual and Family Supports Center at Oak Hill
3. NEAT Center at Oak Hill
4. Eleanor A. Brooks Blindness Related Supports Center at Oak Hill
5. Oak Hill Center for Relationship & Sexuality Education
6. Oak Hill Camp
7. Oak Hill Residential Services

Oak Hill is a recognized private provider by the State of Connecticut’s Home and Community Based Services Comprehensive Waiver and Individual and Family Supports Waiver through the Department of Developmental Services (DDS)

Learn About  DDS

Summer Camp for Teen Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Positive Choices Program is Here

"Positive Choices" a program on healthy relationships, sexuality, and safe boundaries for secondary students with intellectual and developmental disabilities.  This innovative curriculum was developed thanks to generous funding from Hartford Foundation for Public Giving and the Special Hope Foundation, Palo Alto, California. 

You can purchase CRSE's Positive Choices curriculum, please call Lucille Duguay, LCSW, director, Oak Hill Center for Relationship & Sexuality Education (CRSE), (860) 769-3500; email: duguayl@ciboakhill.org

Low Vision Education and Employment Program for Teens

Oak Hill offers LEEP (Low vision/blind Education Employment Program) for students (ages 15 to 23 years) who are blind or have low vision.  Oak Hill is grateful to its donors for funding this valuable program. 

Program objectives:

• to increase knowledge via the use of assistive technology
• enhance daily living skills
• gain exposure to college life
• participate in recreational activities
• learn job interviewing techniques
• increase self advocacy skills

Oak Hill staff are certified in the following areas:

• CPR/First Aid
• Physical/Psychological Management
• Orientation and Mobility
• Medication Administration
• Human Rights and the Prevention of Abuse
• Infection Control
• Signs and Symptoms of Illness
• Health Care Management
• Water Safety

Please contact Steven Famiglietti, Blind Vocational Services at 860-286-3100, email: famigliettis@ciboakhill.org or Karin Agritelly, Blindness Related Supports at 860-286-3105, email agritellyk@ciboakhill.org for further information. 

“The best camp I’ve ever been to in my life! I learned so much about mobility skills from Karin at NEAT.  I wish it had lasted longer!” - Amanda, camper, Oak Hill Camp LEEP for Blind Youth

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