These services are provided through contracts between a Local Education Agency (LEA) and WCMHS. Services are paid for by the LEA and delivered by WCMHS.
School Contracted Services administration includes;
Tiffiny Moore, Director of School Based Services
Amanda Badeau, Beckley Day Program Coordinator
Kristen Kelleher, STARS Program Coordinator
School Contracted Services Programs include:
Ch.O.I.C.E. (Changing Our Ideas Concerning Education) Academy
is a licensed independent school and an integrated transitional mental health treatment facility/educational center. ChOICE provides educational and therapeutic services to youth in grades 5-12. Enrollment is voluntary and limited to youth currently unable to access their education in a traditional setting.
There is also an afterschool program that provides any youth currently served by WCMHS therapeutic afterschool activities three-days-a-week during the academic calendar year. First priority for enrollment is given to ChOICE Academy students. WCMHS case managers and staff make referrals to the program.
ChOICE administration includes:
Lisa Estivill, Director, Adolescent Therapeutic Education & After School Services
Maggie Broderick, High School Program Coordinator
Angela Fagginger-Auer, Middle School Program Coordinator
Michelle Boucher, CYFS Tutorial & School Special Education
Danielle Moffatt, CYFS School & Tutorial Education Coordinator
The Beckley Day Program (BDP)
is a short-term tutorial program available for students served by the School Based Behavior Intervention Services Program, in grades 1-6, that are having acute difficulties accessing their education in a traditional school setting. Children served by BDP are typically students in need of extra support, stabilization, and assessment. Youth are offered a supportive environment in which their social, emotional and educational needs can be assessed and supported with the goal of transitioning the students back to the least restrictive mainstream educational environment.
Specialized Treatment and Reaching Success (STARS)
has been designed by Children, Youth, and Family Services to address the unique educational and social needs of children and youth ages 3-22 years old that are diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and/or other developmental disabilities (DD). STARS provides a wide variety of supports including individualized academic, social skills, and life skills within public schools or onsite at the STARS center in So. Barre.
STARS School provides a full onsite academic program for students which includes individualized behavioral programming, social skills training, and support around activities of daily living (ADLs). Programs are individualized and developed by the consultant and an educator with significant input from the family and sending school team.
