Student will participate in a 24/7 therapeutic environment in order access
educational program, with Individual Therapy, Group Therapy, and ongoing Case
Management and Social Work Services with facility, student and family to facilitate
service delivery and transition to home community as soon as appropriate. Services will
be provided by Licensed Clinicians or Master's Level Clinician under supervision of a
Licensed Clinician. Clinicians will be on-site during the school day with 24/7 on-call
availability of a Licensed Clinician.
Special features that would meet (Insert Name)'s unique needs include:
• 24/7 access to on-site crisis support
• Appropriate deterrents to elopement (i.e. locked facility, staff to student ratio, line of
sight or closer supervision, low proximity to public transportation, ankle monitors,
sufficient special precautions)
• Minimal transitions from school to residence.
• Highly behavioral approach
• Opportunities for credit recovery
• Post-secondary program available
• Access to continued monitoring from California State services
• Services that support skills necessary to transition to adult life including community
and vocational
• Services that support transitional goals of college entrance
• Highly structured behavioral system well integrated between school and residence
• Availability of a low stimulation unit
• Evidence-based strategies for emotional regulation (Dialectical Behavior Therapy;
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; Structured Psychotherapy for
Adolescents Responding to Chronic Stress; Attachment, Self-Regulation and
Competency)
• Explicit training in social skills, perspective taking, and sensory strategies for
emotional regulation
• Drug abuse program
• Expertise with _____ ( i.e. - Reactive Attachment, Pervasive Developmental Disorder,
Aspergers, Mood Disorder, Psychosis, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, etc.)
• Frequency/intensity of therapeutic services: Individual at ___ times per week, Group at
___ times per week, Social Work Services at ___ times per ___.