The Jefferson School provides special education, mental health, and residential treatment services for children and adolescents with behavioral and emotional disabilities.Working closely with the students' families, services are provided which promote family strength and preservation.Students are assisted to reach their full potential and achieve an optimum quality of life.A continuum of services is provided compromising home-based and community-based programs, day treatment and intensive residential services.A hallmark of The Jefferson School is quality treatment which advances community presence, advocacy, education and research.
The Jefferson School envisions high quality care and education for young people and their families.
Quality care and education are individualized, compassionate, cost effective and are primarily responsive, to the needs of students, as well as other customers, payers, families, referrers and staff.
We strive to provide service within the existing framework of family and community systems.
The Jefferson School provides special education, mental health, and
residential treatment services for children and adolescents with
behavioral and emotional disabilities.Working closely with the
students' families, services are provided which promote family
strength and preservation.Students are assisted to reach their full
potential and achieve an optimum quality of life.A continuum of
services is provided compromising home-based and community-based
programs, day treatment and intensive residential services.A
hallmark of The Jefferson School is quality treatment which
advances community presence, advocacy, education and research. The
Jefferson School envisions high quality care and education for
young people and their families. Quality care and education are
individualized, compassionate, cost effective and are primarily
responsive, to the needs of students, as well as other customers,
payers, families, referrers and staff. We strive to provide service
within the existing framework of family and community systems.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Frequently Asked Questions
When is the application deadline for The Jefferson School?
The application deadline for The Jefferson School is rolling (applications are reviewed as they are received year-round).
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