The New Interdisciplinary School, a nonprofit preschool serving students with and without disabilities up to age five, is pleased to have received a generous donation of $25,000 from the Richard J. O’Brien Foundation. This funding will be used to continue the extracurricular programming provided to their preschoolers.
“NIS is so grateful for the opportunity to provide extracurricular programming such as swimming and enrichment to our students. Our swimming program aims to improve water safety, social-emotional growth, and overall comfort in an aquatic setting. It provides our students with gross and fine motor experiences and sensory awareness, and the families of the students who’ve been selected to participate have found it to be greatly beneficial. Our enrichment programs provide students and their caregivers opportunities to partake in sports, nature and other educational classes that provide skillsets geared toward preschoolers with differing abilities. Students with and without disabilities have the opportunity to learn with and from each other after school hours, and the families love participating, as well,” said Susan Cali, NIS Director of Development.
NIS proudly stands as an affiliate of the Kinexion Network, a management service organization (MSO) overseeing a collective of seven well-respected organizations committed to providing superior lifetime care and support for individuals living with disabilities and their families. This affiliation further strengthens NIS's dedication to inclusivity and the continuum of lifetime care for those in need so they can live their best life for life.
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The New Interdisciplinary School (NIS) is an innovative early childhood learning center that respects the unique needs of all children and their families. Their commitment is to provide therapeutic and educational services in a nurturing environment with the highest standard of expertise. For more information, visit www.niskids.org.
The Richard J. O’Brien Foundation is dedicated to honoring the memory of its namesake, who was active in several non-profit children’s organizations across Long Island. Started by O’Brien’s family and friends, the Foundation, an all-volunteer association, supports charities focusing on children in need of special care and bereavement counseling. It also aids organizations dealing with children’s health issues. For more information on the Foundation, visit rjofoundation.org.
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Kinexion is the management service organization (MSO) that gives affiliate providers the operational and financial strength so they can focus on what they do best: provide support and services that enable people with disabilities and their families to live their best lives, for life. Kinexion is a collective 250-million-dollar organization, employing 3,200 staff members and providing services to approximately 5,000 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities across Long Island. There are seven affiliate agencies serving Long Island that comprise the Kinexion network, including: Independent Group Home Living Program, Inc.; The New Interdisciplinary School; The Center for Developmental Disabilities, Inc.; Angela's House (ATDC); Head Injury Association, Inc.; Maryhaven, Inc.; and, East End Disability Associates, Inc.
