All students have their life management skills levels assessed upon beginning the program in order to determine the appropriate level of services. Our goal is that each young adult in our program develops the life skills needed to transition to independent living. Some students may need more or less of the following services based on their individual level of independence.
Life Management Skills
Testimonials
Improving Lives With a New Direction
This parent shares her experience on how New Directions immensely helped her son. Drawing experiences such as her son's improvement in socializing and making meaningful connections with others.
Don't Be Discouraged By Setbacks
Changes don’t happen overnight. You can follow all of the advice in our blog. You can spend hours discussing what you need to do with counselors and parents who have been there. But it takes ...
New Directions for Young Adults: Student Testimonial, Life Skills
Impromptu discussion between Dr. Drew Rubin and a student in the New Directions program about the impact of the New Directions program. Discussion includes Life Skills and Vocational Training as well ...
Helping Young Adults Build Skills to Get Hired
Have you put much thought into how your young adult looks for jobs? Does he or she just spend hours looking through classifieds or online postings? Is he or she filling out applications for anything that is available? Or maybe you’re the one doing all of the hunting for them?
It Takes a Village
Does your young adult have enough support? You and your family certainly provide support, and you may feel that should be enough. But what if your support isn’t enough? Despite your best ...
How a Transition Program Helps Move Your Young Adult Toward Independence
Sometimes your young adult needs more. You’ve both tried therapy, maybe even many different types of therapy, with no real progress. He or she enrolled in college courses, only to lose interest ...
How Do You Choose a Transition Program?
How many attempts have you made to foster independence in your young adult? Do you feel your attempts have accomplished nothing? You’ve seen different counselors, attended support groups, ...
NDFYA Parent Testimonial - Moving On to Independence
Dear Drew and Michael, We wanted to inform you that our son will be moving in August. It is with mixed feelings that we have made this decision with him. However, his dad and I are looking forward ...
New Directions Student Testimonial, Artist
A more mature New Directions for Young Adults (NDFYA) client talks about his experience with the program, from his beginnings in the program and the things he discovered about himself; how he found a ...
New Directions Student Testimonial, Vocational Success
A student talks about his experience in the New Directions for Young Adults Program. How the program mentors have helped him enrollment in school, helped him get a job and basically provide ...
Efficiency and concern for each individual enrolled in New Directions
As you know, we have been having some difficulty with specific needs for our son, Anthony. He does not fit the “norm” on so many issues. Often he seems to fall into an area that does not ...
New Directions for Young Adults is a unique program with a proven track record for success.
I am writing this letter to express my thoughts about New Directions for Young Adults under the supervision of Dr. Andrew Rubin. Students in this program are given the rare opportunity to learn and ...
New Directions for Young Adults and Dr. Rubin have been a wonderful asset in my son's life.
New Directions for Young Adults and Dr. Rubin have been a wonderful asset in my son’s life. They have been very accommodating with his unique schedule and have followed through with all of ...
Our experience with New Directions has been a positive one.
Our experience with New Directions has been a positive one. With the exception of getting a part-time job, our son has accomplished all of the goals that were set for him during his time at New ...
New Directions has been a Godsend for my son.
New Directions has been a Godsend for my son. My son suffers from Aspergers and all its related complications. He had almost Never lived away from me or his mother until he went to New Directions. ...
New Directions provided the support and therapy our son required to enter college a year later.
After his high school graduation in 2006, I realized my son was not prepared to go to college. He lacked the social skills, organizational skills and independence to be a success. As a result, we ...
New Directions is an excellent program
We are so fortunate to have you and the other talented professionals at New Directions in our son's life. The improvement in his behavior, along with the insight into what will best achieve his ...
My experience with New Directions has been very positive
My experience with New Directions has been very positive. My daughter has grown and is doing better than I could have imagined given where she was when she started. More important was my overall ...
New Directions helped me learn how to work smarter
"I’ve often heard that because of my developmental disabilities I must work harder to succeed. Hard work is a good start, but smart work seems to be smarter. I am a member of the International ...
New Directions has been a lifesaver for us.
I just wanted to let you know how amazing you have been. New Directions has been a lifesaver for us. My son was non functional for over 4 years, we tried but had no idea how to help him. You have ...
The Structure and Support Our Son Needed to Move Forward
As you know, our son has been at New Directions for just over two months. Originally we had been told by the folks at his previous wilderness program not to expect as much communication once our son ...
New Directions absolutely matched its name and goals for our son
New Directions absolutely matched its name and goals for our son. The turnaround was amazing. Our personal interaction with our son greatly improved. In the past, it was nearly impossible to have a ...
Four Months to Self Confidence!
A caring, talented young man whose development path in life was blockaded by his wall of anxieties. This young man, our 18 year son, we entrusted to New Directions. The initial feedback of resistance ...
Amazing Change Emotional & Physical Change!
Just a brief note to let you know how my entire family noticed a great change and maturity in my son. I cannot adequately express my appreciation for all the progress he has been made these last two ...
Very Challenging 18 Year Old Girl Thrives at New Directions
We are the parents of a very challenging 18 year old girl. She has tried on five high schools and an equal number of residential treatment centers for diagnosed bipolar, borderline and histrionic ...
Son Resistant to Help Thrives at New Directions
Our son has a complicated history. He has been very resistant to getting help and we have had some negative experiences with other programs. We have been extremely impressed by Dr. Rubin’s ...
I came to New Directions to get back on track
I have had difficulties with my family and school for a long time. I came to New Directions to get back on track. At first, I did not want to come. I didn't want to participate in counseling. After ...
New Directions Student Testimonial: Independent Film Writer/Producer
Dr. Drew Rubin, Executive Director of New Directions for Young Adults (NDFYA) interviews NDFYA student Michael Gimson, who talks about his experience with the program. He discusses how NDFYA helped ...
NDFYA Parent Testimonial - Progression
Good Afternoon All, It is with great pleasure to let you know that my daughter is on several job interviews today at a mental health job fair. She keeps progressing beyond my wildest dreams. She ...
Positive changes that we never dreamed were possible.
It is with great pleasure that I write about our experience with New Directions for Young Adults. New Directions has given us so much help for our eighteen year old daughter. We moved to Florida from ...
