Our Philosophy

Our philosophy is that children do well if they can. When they are not doing well, we work collaboratively with them to identify and remove the obstacles to their success. Imposing our will and expectations on a child, or using incentives and consequences (i.e. the carrot or the stick approach) with a child who has an emotional, social, or academic skill deficit will not work because that child does not currently have the skills to meet those expectations.

Our staff works with the students to develop the skills that are lagging to not only alleviate current problems but to prevent them from happening in the future. As a result, maladaptive behavior, frustration and stress all decrease and the child is more successful in meeting expectations.