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Chapel Haven West was featured on News 4 KVOA, the local NBC news affiliate, and Executive Director Kenneth Hosto was profiled as a KOLD News 13 Hero in a special segment. The KVOA segment includes an interview with Chapel Haven West Executive Director Kenneth Hosto and follows Chapel Haven West graduate and community member Erik […]

A residential student at Chapel Haven West was interviewed by the local NBC TV news affiliate, KVOA, regarding a new way to detect autism in high-risk infants. Thomas Sheliga, who hails from Houston, TX, did a great job sharing his opinion on the importance of early detection. Here’s the news clip: New study finds method […]

Two years ago, Chapel Haven parent and adaptive tennis instructor Jerry Weil had a vision for starting a tennis program that could operate year-round and involve adults with a variety of disabilities in learning the joys of the game. Luckily, Jerry had a willing partner right down the street at the Yale Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center, […]

  Welcome to PAVE!  Formerly known as Project SEARCH, this is our fifth year working in partnership with Yale-New Haven Hospital’s Volunteer Department.  Each year, our participants experience a full immersion in the workplace, supported by job coaching and vocational classes, with the end goal of being ready for competitive, community employment. We’ve packed quite […]

For the second year, second-year students at ASAT are enjoying a three-week class called Fundamentals of Social Communication at Southern Connecticut State University. Each Monday and Wednesday, they commute to the Southern campus on their own and do coursework alongside other undergrad students in this college-level class on the basics of social communication in the […]