Program Goals

  • Provide linkage to community resources
  • Be an advocate for the student and family with the school system
  • Monitor student’s academic performance and attendance
  • Enhance services already provided by the school system
  • Improve student-teacher relationships
  • Educate the student on job-hunting skills and encourage goal setting and career planning
  • Address behavioral issues that interfere with school performance
  • Develop conflict resolution and anger management skills
  • Address behavioral issues that interfere with classroom management and the learning environment
  • Facilitate a decrease in the incidence of disciplinary action such as suspension or expulsion
  • Intervene with attendance and truancy related issues
  • Provide on-site crisis intervention
  • Identify the strengths and talents of the student and work to build on them
  • Drug and alcohol counseling
  • Prevent at-risk youths from involvement with the Juvenile Court System
  • Diminish the need for CSA / FAPT funded services such as individual student aids

Services

Program Approach

The School-Based Day Treatment and Case Management Program houses a Therapist within each school that functions as both a counselor and a case manager. The Therapist works with the student and school personnel to assess strengths, identify needs, and to assist with identifying solutions. A service plan is developed with the family and student to address the presenting issues and the family is linked to appropriate community based services when needed.

Additionally, the School-Based Therapist will work closely with the school to monitor the student’s attendance, behavior, and academic performance as well as provide crisis intervention. The therapist will work with the student and family until the family’s goals are achieved and all support services are in place. Completion from the program follows a consultation with the student, the family, the school, and any referring agency.

Program Participation

Students are referred to the Program by their home school, Social Services, or Juvenile Court Services. Once students are identified as program candidates, the student and family are notified and offered to be screened for eligibility of services. The Program is voluntary and the parent/guardian must be willing to agree to their child’s participation. Eligibility requirements include but are not limited to the following: student must be enrolled in the school system and be under the age of 21 years old. Student must also have issues that prevent their education or the education of others in the school environment.