I am a therapeutic/educational consultant, concentrating exclusively on residential placements for challenging youth and young adults. I am a member in good standing of the IECA, Independent Educational Consultants Association, and the ADAA, Anxiety Disorders Association of America. For the last 14 years, I have traveled throughout the country as well as into parts of Canada, Mexico and Europe, personally visiting in excess of 800 facilities. The more places I visit, the fewer I use. It is not that there aren’t good programs, but a good program does not necessarily mean a good fit for your child. I am not compensated by any program for placing your child with them and, I select places based solely on the appropriateness of each individual client’s needs. As a parent of two children myself, I realize how challenging struggling teens can be and how critical that placement for your child needs to be. Since I have been in a similar situation with my own child, I am particularly sensitive to family issues that arise during a child’s placement. If you feel as though you have run out of options, let me help you navigate what can be a confusing array of possibilities.

 

As your educational consultant, I will guide you to options that you may not have considered or found on line and I will be there to support you through the emotional journey on which you are about to embark. This is not just a child placement; this is a placement for the whole family. From coaching you on the questions to ask programs, monitoring your child’s progress, advocating for your child with the programs, should situations arise and occasionally getting some scholarship-you need not feel that you are walking this path alone. These programs are expensive, with the low-end basic facility being approximately $3,800 a month to the high-end psychiatrically sophisticated program of $12,000 a month. Only you can decide if doing nothing is more expensive than getting the help that your child needs.

 

Initial General Consultation

  • Face to face or by phone in depth interviews with parents.
  • Social history of the student from birth to present.
  • Discussion of current placement needs.
  • Explanation of overall therapeutic options including price range and length of stay.
  • Discussion about realistic range of student’s options, without naming specific facilities
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During Follow-up Placement

  • Tracking student once placed in the longer term facility.
  • Optional visit with student coupled with meeting treatment team.
  • Understanding that this placement is more than simply identifying a program’s name.
  • Case managing the placement, including support for parents in addressing the complexities and anxieties often associated with a placement

 

“She was the voice of sanity and our courage and hope Troubled teenagers during the chaos of our daughter’s crises. She was highly professional and brutally honest Troubled youth . Her personal experience with her own challenging teen that she relevantly shared made her even more credible. We are eternally grateful Schools for troubled youth that she came into our life.”