Alice Brown Early Learning Center
Laura Ludlam, Director

The Early Learning Center offers full and part-time childcare and education for children between the ages of 18 months and five. Situated on Adelphi’s Garden City campus, the program operates under the auspices of the Ruth S. Ammon School of Education and provides a developmentally appropriate curriculum through kindergarten.

Find out more about the Early Leaning Center.

The Institute for Parenting
Marcy Safyer, Director

The Parenting Institute was established to help ensure the health and well-being of young children and developing families by supporting and enhancing parental capacity to provide nurturing, healthy, and developmentally appropriate environments. The Institute provides parents, educators, service providers, and students with training, education, service, and research within a culturally sensitive framework.

Find out more about the Institute for Parenting.

The Manhattan Center for Education
Christopher Church, Director

The Manhattan Center for Education offers graduate level-programs for students to earn professional credentials or pursue advanced studies in teaching and leadership. We serve a diverse community, with weekend classes tailored to meet the needs of the working adult student.

Find out more about the Manhattan Center for Education.

Adult Fitness Program
Sponsored by the Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness Institute, the Adult Fitness Program promotes exercise as preventive medicine. The Program provides individualized evaluations and exercise programs in an effort to guide participants toward lifetime maintenance of physical fitness and health.

Find out more about the Adult Fitness Program.


The Literacy Center
Adelphi's Literacy Center provides candidates in the Master's in Literacy and the Advanced Certificate in Literacy programs with the opportunity to work with students on campus and in neighboring public schools. Under faculty supervision, candidates will assess and instruct students from the community who are experiencing literacy difficulties. One or two semesters of practicum are required for New York State certification as a Literacy Specialist depending on the area of certification sought.

Find out more about the Literacy Center.


Hy Weinberg Center for Communication Disorders
The Hy Weinberg Center for Communication Disorders is an advanced clinical facility dedicated to education, research and therapeutic services. Undergraduate and graduate students participate in supervised programs to treat children and adults with speech, language and hearing disorders.

Student training emphasizes the application of current theory to clinical procedures. Adelphi's unique undergraduate program offers two semesters of supervised clinical assistance. Students enrolled in the M.S. degree program take part in a wide range of clinical activities, including diagnostic evaluations and both individual and group therapeutic intervention.

The Speech and Hearing Laboratory supports faculty and student research. The Center also features a hearing aid dispensary for amplification system selection and fitting.

Through the Center's Community Outreach Program, licensed professionals and students provide speech, language and hearing screenings at libraries, senior centers, and preschools from a specially equipped van.


Learning Disabilities Program
Find out more about the Learning Disabilities Program.

Alice Hoffman Young Writers Retreat
This summer the Adelphi University Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, in partnership with best-selling author and Adelphi graduate, Alice Hoffman '73, will again offer the Adelphi University Alice Hoffman Young Writers Retreat. This annual program is an intensive writing workshop where high school students and their teachers can experience the power of arts-based learning.

Find out more about the Alice Hoffman Young Writers Retreat.