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Alternative Education Program
The Alternative Education Program is designed to assist students who have difficulty
learning in a standard academic setting. As a service of the Adolescent Partial
Hospitalization Program, the Alternative Education Program offers intensive academic and
emotional support in a highly structured therapeutic milieu. A psychiatric diagnostic
evaluation is offered at the initial phase of the program.
Located on the campus of Four Winds Hospital, the Alternative Education Program will
provide a continuum of educational services in coordination with the students home
school district. Students will be given an individualized academic program. In addition to
Masters Level Teachers, this program will be staffed by a multidisciplinary team including a
Program Director, Psychiatrist, Social Worker, and a Patient Health Coordinator. Therapeutic
services will include treatment planning, psychopharmacology (when necessary), daily
group therapy, behavior management, transitional planning, discharge planning, therapeutic
case management and 24-hour crisis services.
An 8:30 am arrival and 2:30 pm daily dismissal will include breakfast and lunch.
Transportation services should be arranged by the home school district.
Referrals to this program are accepted from schools,outpatient providers, hospitals, parents
and guardians. The student must participate in the referral and evaluation process.
Four Winds will work with the home school district to arrange payment for this program.
In the event that the school district does not cover payment, the program can be paid for
privately.
For further program information, please call Barbara Kurian at 1-800-528-6624 ext. 2528.
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