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Sheldon Academy is a state-licensed co-educational, therapeutic day-treatment and special education program for children 6 to 18 years of age. Sheldon Academy’s mission is to create a safe, therapeutic learning community that fosters hope and supports a student’s social, emotional and academic growth for successful transition back to public school. The staff is highly trained to deal effectively with troubled youngsters who have emotional and other disabilities. There are special educators to implement individualized education plans (IEPs), behavioral specialists who focus on improving student behaviors and therapists who counsel children and parents and address the most pressing needs that prevent students from being successful in public school. Sheldon Academy’s six-week Summer Program
offers children with severe emotional disabilities For more information about the Sheldon Academy Summer Program, contact: David Wiezalis at extension 601. |
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| Collaboration with HOWARD Center
for Children and Families — 77 Park Street VAC collaborates with the Howard Center for Children and Families of Burlington on 77 Park Street, a comprehensive residential treatment and education program for adolescent males between the ages of 12 and 17 who have sexual offending behaviors. A new and secure residence is located across from the main VAC campus. The Howard Center provides the residential and clinical components of 77 Park Street and VAC delivers the education through the Fay Honey Knopp Memorial School. The 77 Park Street program began in 1992 to meet the needs of adolescent sex offenders within Vermont, who at that time were sent out-of-state for treatment. The program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). |
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