Astor Services For Children and Families - Lawrence F. Hickey Center

The Lawrence F. Hickey Center for Child Development located in the northeast Bronx was developed to meet the emotional and cognitive needs of a special group of 3 – 5 year old children. These children display serious emotional disorders accompanied by an inability to learn or respond to structure and have difficulty getting along with others. They are typically rejected from nursery programs and kindergarten after an initial assessment or after only a few short weeks of enrollment.

The primary goal of the therapeutic nursery program is to enable children to proceed to a less restrictive public school setting by providing treatment and remediation of the problems which brought them to the Center. Most frequently those presenting problems are a combination of emotional and social ones as well as developmental delays and learning disabilities.

Child Ages:

2 years - 5 years

Licenses & Accreditations:

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene