Special Needs

The Jewish Community Center (JCC) of Northern Virginia's Special Needs Program offers unique programming for individuals with communications-spectrum disorders including: high-functioning autism, Asperger’s syndrome,  ADD/ADHD, and individuals with sensory motor integration challlenges.  The program is designed to develop physical and social skills for individuals with special needs by uniquely combining therapeutic sessions with inclusion programs. The program features small participant-staff ratios and offers adaptive aquatics, sports-related social programs, family events and recreational social skills classes.

The JCCNV, in partnership with JSSA (Jewish Social Service Agency) is proud to announce that the Going Places! social clubs were named a Merit Finalist for the 2010 Mutual of America Community Partnership Awards. The award honors the contribution that nonprofit organizations, in partnership with public, private and other social sector organizations, make to society. To date, the Community Partnership Award has recognized 150 partnerships from cities and towns across America, expanding public awareness of their work an helping them attract additional partners and new sponsors. (Pictured: JCCNV and JSSA staff with special needs committee leaders prior to accepting the Mutual of America Merit award)

Special Needs programming is partially subsidized by:
Alexander Greenbaum Philanthropic Fund, Children's Charities Foundation, Fairfax County Consolidated Community Funding Pool, The Harry and Zoe Poole Foundation, Inova Health System's Military to Medicine, the Washington Group and the JCCNV Fall Gala.