NSU’s Mailman Segal Center Earns AISF Reaccreditation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. – Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Mailman Segal Center for Human Development (MSC) has received reaccreditation from the Association of Independent Schools of Florida (AISF). The Center received excellent results on both its self-study process and the report from the AISF evaluation committee’s site visit.

“AISF and MSC share a strong commitment to educational excellence,” said Roni Cohen Leiderman, Ph.D., dean of the Mailman Segal Center. “Parents can be assured of the high quality of our educational programs, knowing that we’ve met AISF’s stringent accreditation standards.”

The Center received initial AISF accreditation in 2011. During the current review, MSC was recognized for the following attributes: excellent student/teacher ratios, strong communication with parents, nurturing environment, quality family and community outreach programs, and high quality curriculum.

The Mailman Segal Center, located at the Jim & Jan Moran Family Center Village on NSU’s main campus, is the only university-based preschool in Broward County accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).  The center’s early childhood programs utilize its trademarked 5C Curriculum (Critical Thinking, Creativity, Cooperation, Concept Development and Communication) and include the Family Center Infant and Toddler Program, the Family Center Preschool, the Family Center Parenting Place and The Baudhuin Preschool, Starting Right and The Academy. MSC also houses the Unicorn Children’s Foundation Clinic which includes a Developmental Assessment Clinic, Feeding Clinic and Challenging Behavior Clinic.

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About the Mailman Segal Center for Human Development: Nova Southeastern University’s Mailman Segal Center for Human Development is a multi-disciplinary demonstration and training center for education, research and the advancement of knowledge on early childhood, parenting and autism across the lifespan. For or more information, please visit: http://www.nova.edu/humandevelopment or http://www.nova.edu/humandevelopment/autism/.

About Nova Southeastern University (NSU): Located in beautiful Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Nova Southeastern University (NSU) is a dynamic research institution dedicated to providing high-quality educational programs at the undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional degree levels. A private, not-for-profit institution with more than 26,000 students, NSU has campuses in Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Jacksonville, Miami, Miramar, Orlando, Palm Beach, and Tampa, Florida, as well as San Juan, Puerto Rico, while maintaining a presence online globally. For more than 50 years, NSU has been awarding degrees in a wide range of fields, while fostering groundbreaking research and an impactful commitment to community. Classified as a research university with “high research activity” by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, NSU is 1 of only 50 universities nationwide to also be awarded Carnegie’s Community Engagement Classification, and is also the largest private, not-for-profit institution in the United States that meets the U.S. Department of Education’s criteria as a Hispanic-serving Institution. Please visit www.nova.edu for more information about NSU and realizingpotential.nova.edu for more information on the largest fundraising campaign in NSU history.

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