Therapeutic Components
In addition to our school social work and home-school therapeutic components, we offer individual and group counseling, social skills groups, and sensory integration movement breaks. Some of our recent groups have been Outdoor Challenge, Life Narratives, Karate, and Animal Assisted Activities.
Time during each day is dedicated to teaching the skills necessary for improved mental health and well-being. In an effort to maximize engagement, we often incorporate life lessons into interactive, experiential learning based activities.
Our movement breaks include activities such as skateboarding, voodo boards, pogo sticks, Hula-hoops, basketball, walking and much more!
Our clinical staff is dedicated to teaching students the necessary skills to cope with challenges and to identify personal success.
Focus is on the skills necessary to help students get unstuck and back into enjoying a full life!
There are four main initiatives that staff are implementing within the program:
- to provide trauma-informed treatment
- to understand, acknowledge, and treat co-occurring disorders
- to implement a social-thinking curriculum
- to improve our understanding and use of technology as we strive to become a 21st-century learning environment
For more information on the therapeutic components, contact:
Lisa Bilowith
Jean Garvin School Director
lisabilowith@howardcenter.org
802.324.4314 or 802.488.6767