Autism Resources in Putnam County, New York
14 providers in Carmel, Poughkeepsie, Valhalla and nearby, plus 12 national programs. Waitlists change often, so it’s worth calling a few.
0 providers in Putnam County. Filter by your child’s age — including 18+, which is the hardest to find anywhere.
Based in Putnam County
Diagnostic clinics
1 providerFormal autism evaluations by developmental pediatricians, psychologists, or neuropsychologists.
Maria Fareri Children's Hospital — Putnam County Families
Valhalla, NY · serves several counties
Putnam County families seeking comprehensive autism evaluation are best served by Maria Fareri Children's Hospital at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, approximately 20 minutes from Carmel. The academic pediatric center offers ADOS-2 evaluations, neuropsychological testing, and multidisciplinary assessments. Maria Fareri explicitly serves Putnam as part of its Hudson Valley catchment area.
Closest comprehensive pediatric autism evaluation center for Putnam County families.
Early Intervention (0–3)
1 providerFree services for children under 3 under IDEA Part C.
Putnam County Early Intervention Program
Carmel, NY
Putnam County's Early Intervention program provides free developmental evaluations and services for children birth to age 3. As one of New York's smaller counties, Putnam EI maintains a tightly coordinated network of service coordinators and providers. Families receive an assigned coordinator who builds the IFSP and supports transition to CPSE at age 3.
FREE for eligible children. Smaller county — coordinators often have more personalized bandwidth.
Advocacy & legal
1 providerLegal advocates, special education advocates, and disability rights organizations.
OPWDD — Hudson Valley DDSO (Putnam County)
Poughkeepsie, NY · serves several counties
Putnam County families access OPWDD-funded autism and developmental disability services through the Hudson Valley Developmental Disabilities Services Office. Services include community habilitation, day programs, respite, and Medicaid waiver supports. OPWDD eligibility must be established. The DDSO guides families through eligibility determination and service planning.
Establish OPWDD eligibility before your child turns 18 to prevent a gap in adult services.
Also serving Putnam County
These 23 are based elsewhere, or operate nationally, and list Putnam County in the area they cover. Worth calling to confirm how far they actually travel, and whether telehealth or in-home visits are an option.
Diagnostic clinics
2 providersFormal autism evaluations by developmental pediatricians, psychologists, or neuropsychologists.
Maria Fareri Children's Hospital — Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics
Valhalla, NY · serves several counties
Maria Fareri Children's Hospital at Westchester Medical Center is the region's premier pediatric academic medical center, offering comprehensive autism evaluations through its developmental and behavioral pediatrics program. The multidisciplinary team conducts gold-standard ADOS-2 and ADI-R assessments and coordinates closely with school CSE teams and community providers.
Top academic pediatric center for the Hudson Valley and Westchester region.
Vassar Brothers Medical Center — Developmental Pediatrics
Poughkeepsie, NY · serves several counties
Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie provides developmental pediatrics services for Dutchess County families, including autism evaluations and referrals to specialists. As the primary hospital for mid-Hudson Valley, Vassar coordinates with regional early intervention programs and can connect families to OPWDD eligibility determination services.
Mid-Hudson Valley's primary hospital. Also consider Maria Fareri Children's Hospital in Valhalla for specialized pediatric autism evaluations.
ABA therapy
1 providerApplied Behavior Analysis therapy — typically requires insurance authorization.
Autism Learning Partners — Hudson Valley
Poughkeepsie, NY · serves several counties
In-home and center-based ABA therapy serving Dutchess County and the Hudson Valley with BCBA-supervised programming. Individualized treatment using naturalistic developmental behavioral intervention. Accepts commercial insurance under New York's ABA mandate and coordinates with Dutchess County CPSE teams and OPWDD service coordinators.
NY ABA insurance mandate applies. NY Medicaid covers ABA for eligible children.
Occupational therapy & sensory
2 providersOccupational therapy, sensory integration, and sensory diets.
Vassar Brothers Medical Center — Pediatric Occupational Therapy
Poughkeepsie, NY · serves several counties
Vassar Brothers Medical Center's pediatric rehabilitation program includes occupational therapy services for Dutchess County children with autism-related sensory processing challenges, fine motor delays, and self-care skill deficits. As the primary hospital for mid-Hudson Valley, Vassar coordinates OT referrals with its developmental pediatrics program.
Also explore private OT practices in Wappingers Falls and Fishkill. Maria Fareri Children's in Valhalla is 30 min south.
Westchester Medical Center — Pediatric Occupational Therapy
Valhalla, NY · serves several counties
Westchester Medical Center's Maria Fareri Children's Hospital offers pediatric occupational therapy for children with autism, including sensory integration therapy, fine motor skill building, and daily living skills training. Services are coordinated with the hospital's developmental pediatrics program for integrated post-evaluation care. Accepts most commercial insurance and Medicaid.
Coordinated with Maria Fareri autism evaluation team. Accepts Medicaid. Also explore private OT practices in White Plains and Yonkers.
Respite care
2 providersRespite care providers giving families a break — in-home, center-based, and overnight.
ARCH National Respite Locator
Searchable by state, NY
A free national directory of respite providers and programs, run by ARCH, the National Respite Network and Resource Center. ARCH says it is not a complete list, so it works best alongside…
A national program with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
ARCH's advice is to contact your State Respite Coalition or Lifespan Respite program first. Before you pay out of pocket, also check what your state's Medicaid waiver funds.
Your state's Lifespan Respite program
39 states and DC have been funded, NY
Lifespan Respite programs are federally funded, state-run programs that help family caregivers of children or adults, regardless of special need, find and pay for respite.
A national program with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
ARCH lists every state's Lifespan Respite contact and respite coalition on this page. Ask specifically about voucher or stipend programs — that is the part families most often miss.
Parent & family support
2 providersParent groups, sibling programs, and family peer support.
Autism Society — Hudson Valley Chapter
White Plains, NY · serves several counties
The Hudson Valley chapter of the Autism Society of America serves Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, and Orange counties with parent support groups, family social events, and connection to local resources. Monthly meetings rotate between White Plains and other locations for accessibility.
Autism Society — Hudson Valley Chapter
Poughkeepsie, NY · serves several counties
The Hudson Valley chapter of the Autism Society of America provides parent support groups, family programming, and local resource navigation for Dutchess, Putnam, and Rockland county families. Monthly meetings in the Poughkeepsie area connect newly diagnosed families with experienced parent mentors and local service knowledge.
Advocacy & legal
3 providersLegal advocates, special education advocates, and disability rights organizations.
New York Families for Autistic Children (NYFAC) — Rockland
New York, NY · serves several counties
NYFAC provides free IEP advocacy and special education navigation support to Rockland County families. Staff advocates attend IEP meetings, help families understand IDEA rights, and support dispute resolution without litigation. Rockland County families are served through NYFAC's outreach program extending from the NYC metro area.
FREE IEP advocacy. Call well before your IEP meeting — early contact improves outcomes.
OPWDD — Hudson Valley DDSO
Poughkeepsie, NY · serves several counties
The Hudson Valley Developmental Disabilities Services Office serves Dutchess, Putnam, and Columbia counties with OPWDD-funded day programs, residential services, respite care, and Medicaid waiver supports. Families must establish OPWDD eligibility to access funded services. The Hudson Valley DDSO office can guide families through the eligibility and service planning process.
Establish OPWDD eligibility before age 18 to avoid a gap in services at adulthood.
OPWDD — Hudson Valley DDSO (Columbia County)
Hudson, NY · serves several counties
Columbia County families access OPWDD-funded autism and developmental disability services through the Hudson Valley Developmental Disabilities Services Office. Services include day habilitation, community habilitation, respite, and Medicaid waiver supports. The DDSO serves Columbia County through field offices in the Hudson Valley region.
Establish OPWDD eligibility before age 18 to ensure continuity of adult services.
Autism-friendly dentists
1 providerDentists experienced with autistic patients — desensitisation visits, sensory accommodations, and staff who take the time it takes.
Touro College of Dental Medicine — special needs dentistry
Hawthorne, NY · serves several counties
Touro's dental college runs special care dentistry programs and has partnered with the New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities on access to care. Dental school clinics trade time for expertise: appointments run longer because students do the work under supervision, and there can be a wait for a first visit. In exchange you get a team that treats disabled patients every day, usually at a lower cost, and they generally accept Medicaid.
Activities, clubs & recreation
10 providersClubs, sports, camps, and social programs that welcome autistic children and teens — inclusive, adaptive, and special-needs specific.
ACEing Autism
227 programs in 32 states, NY
Tennis clinics for kids, teens and, in some locations, adults on the autism spectrum.
A national program with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
Cost varies by location and scholarships are available. Use the Find a Program search on their site with your zip code.
American Camp Association — camp finder
About 3,900 camps, NY
A free searchable directory of about 3,900 camps, with a filter for disabilities and other special needs alongside distance, activities, session length and cost. A good single starting…
A national program with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
Choose day or overnight, then use the "Disabilities and Other Special Needs" filter. Specialized camps can fill early, so start looking in the winter before.
Best Buddies
All 50 states — find your local program, NY
One-to-one friendship matching between people with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities, with programs from elementary school through college and adulthood, plus…
A national program with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
A national organization, not a local listing — use the finder on their site, or call 1-800-89-BUDDY, to locate your nearest program.
Easterseals — camps and recreation
Local Easterseals across the country, NY
Day and residential camps for children and adults with disabilities, plus sports, social activities and community outings run by local Easterseals.
A national program with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
Programs vary a great deal between locations — use the Find your Easterseals search on the page and check what yours actually runs.
iCan Shine (iCan Bike)
Camps hosted in different towns each year, NY
Teaches people with disabilities to ride a conventional two-wheeled bicycle over a five-day camp, 75 minutes a day. iCan Shine says about 80% of participants ride independently by the end…
A national program with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
Check their Camp Locations page for dates — camps run in different towns each year, so somewhere near you may host this year and not next.
KEEN (Kids Enjoy Exercise Now)
Six cities only: Chicago, DC–Baltimore, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, St. Louis, NY
Free, non-competitive, one-to-one recreation for youth ages 5 to 21 with physical or developmental disabilities, led by trained volunteer coaches.
A national program with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
Free to families. KEEN runs in six cities plus two university campus chapters (Vanderbilt and the University of Virginia) — outside those, it is not available yet.
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Little League Challenger Division
Through local Little Leagues — use the League Finder, NY
Little League's adaptive baseball program for anyone with a physical or intellectual challenge.
A national program with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
Use the League Finder on their site to locate the nearest Challenger division, or ask about starting one. Little League's rule is that a player who can take part in regular Little League with reasonable accommodations should do so.
Miracle League
300 leagues — check for one near you, NY
Baseball for children and adults with physical or mental disabilities, played on custom-designed rubberized turf fields that accommodate wheelchairs and other assistive devices.
A national program with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
Use the Find a Miracle League page on their site — there are 300 leagues, so coverage is good but not universal.
Special Olympics
Nationwide — find your local program, NY
Year-round sports training and competition for children and adults.
A national program with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
Eligibility requires an intellectual disability, a cognitive delay measured by formal assessment, or significant learning or vocational problems due to cognitive delay, identified by an agency or professional. If your child is autistic without a cognitive delay, have a direct conversation about fit before signing up rather than after. Ask your local program about any costs.
TOPSoccer (US Youth Soccer)
Through local soccer clubs, NY
The Outreach Program for Soccer — recreational soccer for children and adults with intellectual, emotional or physical disabilities, offered through local US Youth Soccer clubs.
A national program with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
Find your state association's TOPSoccer clubs through the link on their page, or ask your state association office directly — it is often not advertised on the club's own website.
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About autism services in Putnam County
Putnam County (Carmel, Mahopac, Cold Spring) is a small Hudson Valley county between Westchester and Dutchess, giving families access to Maria Fareri Children's Hospital in Valhalla and Westchester's provider network. Carmel Central School District and Mahopac Central School District provide special education. OPWDD regional services apply statewide. New York's ABA insurance mandate ensures commercial plan coverage.
Helpful guides
Guides for Putnam County families
Step-by-step help on the topics that matter most.
School & IEP
Navigating the IEP process
Your rights under IDEA, how evaluations work, and what every IEP section means.
Finding help
ABA, OT, speech and waitlists
How to find qualified providers, navigate insurance, and get off waitlists faster.
Getting started
Where to start after diagnosis
A week-by-week checklist for the first 90 days — from evaluation to early intervention.
Benefits & money
SSI, Medicaid waivers, ABLE accounts
Federal benefits your child may qualify for and how to apply without losing your spot.
Mental health
Co-occurring conditions and support
Managing anxiety, ADHD, and depression alongside an autism diagnosis.
Daily life
Sensory processing and OT
Understanding sensory needs, sensory diets, and how occupational therapy helps.
Adulthood
Employment, housing, legal planning
Supported employment, housing options, guardianship alternatives, and ABLE accounts.
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Waivers, PTI centers, and state programs apply to all families in New York.
New York state guide →Common questions
Answered from the providers currently listed for this county — these update as the directory does.
How many autism providers serve Putnam County, New York?
We list 14 providers serving Putnam County, covering ABA therapy, parent & family support, diagnostic clinics, advocacy & legal and early intervention (0–3), plus 2 more. Some are based in the county and others serve it from nearby areas. Every listing is reviewed by a person before it is published.
Which autism providers in Putnam County accept Medicaid?
1 of the providers we list for Putnam County state that they accept Medicaid, including Westchester Medical Center — Pediatric Occupational Therapy. Coverage and plan participation change often, so confirm directly with the provider before your first appointment.
Where can I find ABA therapy in Putnam County?
ABA providers serving Putnam County are listed in the ABA therapy section of this page, with phone numbers and websites. Many deliver services in the family's home or at school as well as in a clinic. Ask about waitlists when you call — they vary widely and change month to month.
Can autism therapy happen at home in Putnam County?
1 provider serving Putnam County delivers services in the family's home. Many children do better in a familiar setting than in an unfamiliar clinic room, and in-home visits remove the travel burden.
Does Medicaid pay for autism services in New York?
New York families can apply to the OPWDD Home and Community Based Services Waiver, a Medicaid waiver that can fund respite, therapies and in-home support. The typical wait is Eligibility itself takes months; service waits vary by region, and your place is usually set by the date you apply — so applying early matters even if you are unsure what services you need. Many waivers also disregard parental income, so families who don't qualify for regular Medicaid often still qualify here.
What if I can't find an autism provider in Putnam County?
If none of the Putnam County providers is the right fit, these New York counties currently have the most listed providers: Queens County (26), Kings County (25), Saratoga County (24), Albany County (23). Many providers travel or offer telehealth, so it is worth calling even if they are not based nearby. You can also tell us about a provider we are missing.
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