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Edgewood School: Edgewood's
Webster Groves campus provides special education classes for children
in residential and day treatment programs. Each classroom has 8-10
children, staffed by a certified special education teacher, an aide,
and a volunteer with individual and group therapies provided by
a licensed clinical social worker. The low student-adult ratio provides
the individual attention needed to help each child make educational
gains. A six-week extended school year program combines academics
with active enrichment learning experiences during the summer months.
Residential Treatment/ Day Treatment:
The Residential Treatment Program provides 24-hour -a-day care for
40 children. Licensed clinical social worker-therapists, certified
special education teachers and childcare workers provide the core
treatment, education and therapy in the on-campus school and living
units.
Permanency: Permanency provides
a continuation of treatment services for the child and family after
the child leaves the residential or day treatment program. The goals
are to maintain the gains made, and to facilitate a successful home
and school adjustment. Follow-up studies show that more than 75
percent of the children are making a successful adjustment to home,
school and community after leaving Edgewood.
Prevention: Intensive in-home
therapy is provided for families of children with severe emotional
disorders with the goal of keeping the child with his/her family
in their home.
Autism: The highly successful
Childhaven Program serves children with communication disorders,
such as Autism or Asperger's Syndrome and ranging in age from three
to twelve. The children receive special education services, behavioral
therapy and adjunctive therapies in speech/language, music, art
and physical. An Early Childhood Special Education program is a
part of the Childhaven Program. An active family support component
assures carry over gains made at school to the home setting and
involves siblings in education and activities.
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