The Grove School: Therapeutic Boarding & Day School in CT

Age Groups :: Pre-Teens, Teens, Young Adults (18 - 30)

Gender :: Female | Male | Transgender

Director of Admissions

Casey Nowakowski

Admissions Email

admissions@groveschool.org

Admissions Phone

(203) 245-2778

Physical Address

175 Copse Rd
Madison, CT 06443

Mission Statement

Grove School is a distinctive, comprehensive Therapeutic Boarding School providing attentive care, individualized psychotherapy, and educational planning.

The 3 key pieces to the Grove School:
1. Holistic, Therapeutic, and College-Preparatory Environment (NEASC Accredited)
2. Robust Clinical & Support Services
3. ASTEE© program (Alternative Site Therapeutic Education Experiences) & Campus Life

General Information

Participant Age Group(s)

Pre-Teens

Teens

Young Adults (18 - 30)

Organization's Name

Grove School

Year Founded

1934

Director of Admissions

Casey Nowakowski

Admissions: Rolling or scheduled?

Rolling admissions

Admissions

Which age groups does your organization accept?

Children/Adolescents

Young Adults

Professional Associations/Affiliations

National Association of Therapeutic Schools & Programs (Professional Member)

Young Adult Transition Association (YATA)

Other

Payment Options

School System | IEP

Private Pay | Out-of-pocket

Call for more information

Does the program have more than one location for this particular program?

How does the program prevent clients/students/patients from leaving (running) from the program?

Call for more information

Average Length of Stay

Maximum Age of Participants

Minimum Age of Participants

Location of Program

Suburban

Gender(s)

Female

Male

Transgender

What is the average number of clients you see per year?

119

Link to weekly or daily schedule

https://www.groveschool.org/daily-calendar/

Religious Affiliation

Minimum length of stay

365

Only accepts participants who are voluntarily enrolling only.

Maximum Enrollment

115

Can support 18 yo, if they enroll before 18?

Yes

Certified to accept students with I-20 Visa (SEVIS)

Yes

What are the interview requirements for applicants?

Day Visit

Religious Affiliation?

Please specify the type of religious affiliation

None

Billing & Payments

Payment Type

Private | Self Pay

Breakout Billing For Insurance | ‘Superbill’

What percentage of participants receiving funding from a state Adoption Assistance Programming?

What percentage participants who are Court Ordered?

What percentage of your participants are 'Private Pay'?

What percentage of your participants are funded by the School system? | FAPE / IDEA

What percentage of participants are 'State Funded' (example: medicaid)?

Is there an enrollment fee/outfitting fee/payment in advance?

Yes

If applicable, is the last month’s fees due at enrollment?

Yes

Insurance

Do your students receive insurance coverage for more than two weeks?

Call for more information

Do you have an insurance utilization person?

N/A

in-network?

Levels of Care

Number of Phases or Levels

Not Applicable

Treatment Categories | Levels of Care

Residential Treatment

Residential Treatment - Adoption

Residential Treatment - Anxiety

Residential Treatment - Autism Spectrum

Residential Treatment - Failure to Launch/Emerging Adulthood

Residential Treatment - Mental Health

Residential Treatment - Positive Peer Culture

Residential Treatment - Transitional/Step Down

Residential Treatment - Trauma

Transitional Living

Transitional Living - Failure to Launch/Emerging Adulthood

Additional levels of care offered by facility

N/A

Does your organization have a Gap Year?

Yes

Accreditation

Professional Associations/Affiliations

National Association of Therapeutic Schools & Programs (Professional Member)

Other

For licensed programs, by state or under 18, please select Incidents required to be reported to the state:

Elopement

Major Injury | Death

Restraint

Runaways

Academic Accreditation

New England Association of Schools And Colleges

Ownership

Ownership Type

Private Company - Owners On-Site

Name of Parent Company

None

Name of Sister Company

None

Facility Operations | Type of Land

Privately Owned

Leased By Program

Additional Professionals & Medical Rule Outs

Are there medical rule outs

Yes

Possible medical rule outs

Active Psychosis

Actively Suicidal

Fire Starter

Need for Detox?

Call For more information

Is there a minimum BMI

Are there additional professionals?

Advanced Practice Master Nurse

Neurofeedback Specialist

Nurse Practitioner

Occupational Therapist

Reading Specialist

Registered Dietician

Registered Nurse

Speech & Language Pathologist

Additional types of therapies

Speech and Language Therapy

Percentage of clients on meds at enrollment

> 50%

Psychiatrist

On staff

If psychiatrist is available to students, what percentage of students change meds?

> 50%

Clinical Operations

Percentage of full time therapists who have a private practice outside of organization?

> 50%

What is the largest caseload a therapist can have?

> 8

Percentage of licensed therapists?

All therapists are licensed by the state of operation

Average number of days/week therapist are with clients?

Number of Individual Sessions with Therapist

Do clinical assistants work with lead therapists?

Do any of the therapists have more than one case load?

Treatment Modalities

Is program focused on full recovery? (Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care (ROSC))

Types of Therapy Offered

Animal-Assisted Therapy

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Skills

Exposure Response Prevention Therapy (ERP , type of CBT)

Expressive Art Therapy

Eye Movement & Desensitization and Reprocessing

Motivational Interviewing (MI)

Narrative Therapy

Neuro Feedback

Psychodynamic Therapy

Psycho educational

Recreation Therapy

Social Thinking model

Integrated Wellness Support offered

Art

Meditation

Yoga

Does the program have a level/phase system?

Yes

If yes, are phases/levels are they tied to privileges?

Call for more information

Does program have a milieu-driven residential model? (Staff are trained in model)

Yes

If yes -- select all that apply

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Integrated Wellness

Art

Meditation

Yoga

Does program use time out rooms?

Family Involvement

HIGH: Family Expected on weekly calls (or more) & to attend all family workshops (weekly , monthly or quarterly)

Family involvement

HIGH: Family Expected on weekly calls (or more) & to attend all family workshops (weekly , monthly or quarterly)

What is the typical amount of time a family should expect before hearing about an major incident?

Type of Family Therapy/Work Offered

1 hour max call with therapist per week

Family Handbook

Family Workshops Available

Parents Visit as Needed

Therapy - Group

Is there group therapy?

Yes

Average number of hours per week facilitated by licensed therapist

Average number of hours per week of group processing? (i.e. run by staff, interns, grad students, etc.)

Average number of formal family therapy hours per week (not social calls to teen)

Is video conferencing accessible for family therapy?

Yes

Therapy - Individual

Is there individual therapy?

Yes, part of the program cost

Number of individual therapy hours student receives on a difficult week?

Number of individual therapy hours student receives on typical week?

Percentage of licensed therapists?

All therapists are licensed by the state of operation

Therapist average case load

Percentage of full time therapists who have a private practice outside a program?

> 50%

Does the Clinical Director carry a case load?

Yes

Staff

What percentage of the line staff are full time employees?

> 50%

Line staff to student ratio during awake hours

Does program run background checks on all staff?

Yes

Is there an educational requirement for staff?

Yes

If Yes, what is it?

College Degree

Average number of hours staff are trained before their first shift

Are night staff awake or asleep

Awake

Programming

Dorm/Housing

Doubles

Triples

Neurodiverse Specialties

ADHD/ADD

Autism Spectrum Disorders

Clinically Complex (possible behavior, genetic, students "who are puzzles")

Development Delay

Genetic Disorders

Mood Deregulation &/or Anxiety

Non-Verbal Learning Disabilities (NLD)

Pervasive Developmental Disabilities (PDD)

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Primarily DX Learning Disability

Speech & Language Disorders

Type of Programming Offered for Neurodiverse Students

N/A

Academics

Type of Academic Calendar

Year Round School (either quarters, trimester, semesters)

Grades Served

K-12

Possible Community College/College

Can programming support a student to complete a GED?

Yes

Post high school options offered

Call for more information

Average student to teacher ratio

What does the Teaching/Classroom look like?

Traditional teacher-led class

Is the program able to implement IEP's

Yes

Can provider handle a student who is more than two grade level's behind in reading?

Yes

Can program support a student who wants vocational training?

Call for more information

Does the school have AP Classes or the ability to give or take a student to the AP Test?

Tests

Classes

Does the academic program have the ability to provide ACT or SAT Tutoring (on or off site)?

Yes

Transitions

Do you offer transition services for participants/students?

Yes

If Yes, select all options that apply to your program

Family Or Student Coaching Support For Certain Amount

Are there additional fees that apply to transitional options?

Percentage of families that participate in various transition programming?

Call for more Information

Assessments

Does the client receive a neuropsychological evaluation?

Other

What percentage of participants receive psychological evaluations?

> 50%

Who completes the psychological evaluation?

Contracted separately by family/client

Does program receive a fee for evaluation or referral?

Technology

Computer Access

Hardwired Computers

Students have Laptops

Access to Internet turned off nightly

Call for more information

Cell Phones

Staff secured at Night

Research

Percentage of clients who return home, or to a more traditional setting (like transitions to college or gap year, boarding school, etc.)

> 50%

Is the program presently part of an evidence-based study?

Workshops

If you have workshops choose all that apply.

Family | Group

Individualized | Custom

Trauma-Focused

Personalized/Custom Workshop for Family, Couple, or Individual

Call for more information

Accommodations

On Site

Grove School

General Information

Admissions

Billing & Payments

Insurance

Levels of Care

Accreditation

Ownership

Additional Professionals & Medical Rule Outs

Clinical Operations

Treatment Modalities

Family Involvement

Therapy - Group

Therapy - Individual

Staff

Programming

Academics

Transitions

Assessments

Technology

Research

Workshops

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