Valley View School - North Brookfield, MA

Age Groups :: Pre-Teens, Teens

Gender :: Male

Valley View School is a small, private therapeutic boarding school serving boys in grades 6-12. Our campus is situated on 215 acres of forests and rolling hills in the heart of New England just 90 miles outside of Boston.

We are a therapeutic community fostering the growth of our students through a well-developed, integrative program where supportive interventions and high expectations are balanced to create a structured and supportive learning environment. It is where our students are taught to learn self control and anger management, to create and cultivate relationships with peers and adults, to develop compassion, empathy and respect for others and to realize their true potential. Our overall program consists of a comprehensive blend of Therapy, Academics, Athletics, Arts and Activities challenging our students emotionally, intellectually and physically.

Valley View students are between the ages of 10-15 upon enrollment and may have a history clinically identified as:
- Anxiety
- ADHD
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder
- Childhood Bipolar
- School Phobias

which may be created by life experiences such as:
- adoption
- divorce
- early attachment issues
- frustration with family, peers and school

Our experienced clinical staff consists of licensed Ph.D. Clinical Psychologists, a Board Certified Child Psychiatrist and Master's level Clinicians. Our therapeutic approach is based on a student's individual needs.

General Information

Partner's Name

Valley View School

Director of Admissions

Dr. Thomas Nowak

Admissions

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?

Clients are ALWAYS in "Line-of-Sight" with staff

Average Length of Stay

Maximum Age of Participants

Minimum Age of Participants

Location of Program

Rural

Gender(s)

Male

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

Link to weekly or daily schedule

http://valleyviewschool.org/campus-life/academic-life/academic-calendar/

Only accepts participants who are voluntarily enrolling only.

Maximum Enrollment

Can support 18 yo, if they enroll before 18?

Yes

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

Yes

Religious Affiliation?

Billing & Payments

Cost per month/workshop/programming (in USD)

7333.33

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)?

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

Treatment Categories | Levels of Care

Residential Treatment

Residential Treatment - Adoption

Residential Treatment - Anxiety

Participant Age Group(s)

Pre-Teens

Teens

Accreditation

Professional Associations/Affiliations

National Association of Therapeutic Schools & Programs (Professional Member)

Small Boarding School Association (SBSA)

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

Infectious Disease

Major Injury | Death

Restraint

Academic Accreditation

Other

Ownership

Ownership Type

Non-Profit

Name of Parent Company

~Founded in 1970~

Facility Operations | Type of Land

Privately Owned

Who owns the land?

Valley View School

Additional Professionals & Medical Rule Outs

Are there medical rule outs

Is there a minimum BMI

Can program accept insulin-dependent diabetics

Yes

Percentage of clients on meds at enrollment

> 50%

Treatment Modalities

Types of Therapy Offered

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Skills

Occupational Therapy

Play Therapy

Psychodynamic Therapy

Psycho educational

Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) (pioneer to CBT)

Recreation Therapy

Social Thinking model

Telephone Therapy

Other

Does the program have a level/phase system?

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

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)

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

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

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?

Staff

What percentage of the line staff are full time employees?

All

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

Single Rooms with Shared Baths

Doubles

Triples

Academics

Type of Academic Calendar

Year Round School (either quarters, trimester, semesters)

Grades Served

K-12

Can programming support a student to complete a GED?

Average student to teacher ratio

What does the Teaching/Classroom look like?

Packets with teacher support

Traditional teacher-led class

Teachers support blended learning

Other

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?

Not Applicable

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?

Are there additional fees that apply to transitional options?

Percentage of families that participate in various transition programming?

< 50%

Research

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

> 50%

Has the program previously been part of an evidence-based study?

Call for more information

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