Matheny Medical and Educational Center
65 Highland Ave.
PO Box 339
Peapack, NJ 07977 (map)
Phone: (908) 234-0011
www.matheny.org
The Matheny Medical and Educational Center is a special hospital for children and adults with medically complex developmental disabilities. A special education school providing academics, combined with functional life skills, for students ages 3-21. A comprehensive outpatient center meeting the healthcare needs of people with all types of disabilities in the community. And a teaching hospital developing ways to train healthcare professionals, therapists and educators in how to work with persons who have developmental disabilities. The mission of the Matheny School is to foster an integrated educational experience for students with a diverse range of disabilities. Each student is given opportunities to reach his or her maximum potential for independence and to transition into post-secondary functional and community-based programs. Visits to the community, in fact, play a critical role in the program of every student. Skills and behaviors learned in school are practiced and used during interactive trips to various community resources. A key to Matheny's educational philosophy is its interdisciplinary approach – integrating therapy treatment, social services and psychology into the educational program. The expertise of speech-language pathologists, physical, occupational, music and recreation therapists, social workers and psychologists, is always available and is provided in collaboration with the classroom teachers.