Day School Johnstown
Program Overview
The Day School Johnstown is a Licensed Private Academic School with the goal of helping students with serious emotional disturbance (SED) and/or autism return to their original schools. Our program consists of 4 classrooms. Classrooms for students with autism have no more than 8 students and classrooms for students with SED have no more than 12 students. A special component of our program are the family liasons who work closely with families, school districts, and other agencies (e.g., mental health, children and youth services, juvenile court) to help the youth be successful. We provide an individualized, strength-based approach to academic and behavioral growth.
Services
Our services help students increase their grades and achievement, reduce disruptive behaviors, develop coping skills, maintain positive relationships, return to their public schools and home communities successfully.
Services provided include:
- Individualized direct instruction
- Structured teaching method (TEACCH)
- Academic remediation
- Social skills instruction
- Speech and language intervention
- Individualized positive behavior support plans
- Sensory motor room
- Occupational and physical therapies
- School to work program
- Community-based learning
- Pre-vocational skills development
- Individual and family therapy
Who Do We Serve?
- Ages 5 to 21
- Children and teens with behavioral and mental health issues
- Children and teens with serious emotional disturbance (SED)
- Children and teens with Autism
More Information
For more information about Day School Johnstown, please call the Administrative Office at (814) 262-9514. For detailed location information including contact numbers and directions, please click here to view our locations directory and map.
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