Home > Connecticut > New Haven County > Benhaven School

Benhaven School

67 Bull Hill Lane, West Haven, CT, 06516-0651 -

School Notes Overview:

Benhaven was founded in 1967 by Amy Lettick, a teacher and mother of an autistic child. Originally a day school, Benhaven was conceived to serve children whose handicaps were preventing them from receiving an appropriate education in existing public and private schools. As community needs emerged over the next ten years, Benhaven also evolved to provide the services that they needed. Residential services, vocational training, and adult day programs were added over this period. In the course of working intensively with a small group of individuals, Benhaven developed a unique and specific expertise in working with autism. Benhaven also developed a heightened awareness for some of the issues that were impacting services for this population in the community at large. Benhaven’s mission is to enable people with autism and pervasive developmental disorders to participate in community life, exercise productive control over their own lives, have meaningful relationships and associations, be gainfully employed, and experience happiness and personal satisfaction. Benhaven’s mission is to enable people with autism and pervasive developmental disorders to participate in community life, exercise productive control over their own lives, have meaningful relationships and associations, be gainfully employed, and experience happiness and personal satisfaction....

...read more

School Overview:

	Benhaven School
School Type	Special Education School
School Membership(s)	Council of Bilingual Education
Religious Affiliation	Nonsectarian
Grades Offered	Grades Nursery/Preschool - Nursery/Preschool
County	New Haven County, CT
Student Body
Total Students	33 students
Student Body Type	Co-ed
	This School	(CT) School Avg.
% Students of Color	30%	25%
Students by Grade
	Unspecified Grade Placement - 33 students
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers	5 teachers
	This School	(CT) School Avg.
Teacher : Student Ratio	1:6	* Ntl. Public School Avg. » 1:16
School Days in Calendar Year	215 days	180 days
Hours in School Day for Students	7 hours	6 hours

School Notes:

Benhaven was founded in 1967 by Amy Lettick, a teacher and mother of an autistic child. Originally a day school, Benhaven was conceived to serve children whose handicaps were preventing them from receiving an appropriate education in existing public and private schools. As community needs emerged over the next ten years, Benhaven also evolved to provide the services that they needed. Residential services, vocational training, and adult day programs were added over this period. In the course of working intensively with a small group of individuals, Benhaven developed a unique and specific expertise in working with autism. Benhaven also developed a heightened awareness for some of the issues that were impacting services for this population in the community at large. Benhaven’s mission is to enable people with autism and pervasive developmental disorders to participate in community life, exercise productive control over their own lives, have meaningful relationships and associations, be gainfully employed, and experience happiness and personal satisfaction. Benhaven’s mission is to enable people with autism and pervasive developmental disorders to participate in community life, exercise productive control over their own lives, have meaningful relationships and associations, be gainfully employed, and experience happiness and personal satisfaction.
Profile last updated: 02/04/2009

School Zip Statistics:

About This Zipcode (06516)	School Zip (06516)	(CT) State Average
Population (Approximate)	52,360 people	3,405,565 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree	24%	41%
Population Average Age	36 years old	37 years old
Average Household size	2.4 persons	2.4 persons
Median Household Income	$42,393	$56,323
Avg. # of Rooms in Household	5 rooms	5.6 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure	51 years old	48 years old
	View housing listings in 6516
Median Value of Housing Unit Zipcode (6516) What's a Zindex? Subject to Zillow Terms of Use
% Owning / % Renting	55% / 45%	64% / 36%