Eagle Heights Academy is an on-site specialized therapeutic day treatment for students unable to be successful in a "traditional" school setting.  Eagle Heights is designed to meet the mental health needs of adolescents that have severe emotional and behavioral difficulties at home, school, and in the community.  These young people often struggle with verbal and physical aggresiveness, poor school attendance and perfomance, truancy, poor coping and social skills, depression, suicidal ideation, low self esteem and troubles maintaining peer and adult relationships. Eagle Heights Academy acheives success through family, individual, and group treatment.  The program focuses on anger management, life skills development, academic assistance and tutoring, social skills development and crisis intervention/coping skills development.  This is accomplished through life space interviews and a safe environment. At Eagle Heights the staff and directors foster therapeutic and academic excellene through: BELONGING:  Empowering youth to develop trusting relationships with family, peers, and staff. MASTERY:  Helping youth experience success by achieving both academic and therapeutic goals. INDEPENDENCE:  Supporting youth in making healthy, responsible choices. GENEROSITY:  Promoting acts of kindness and developing youth's concern for their community. Eagle Heights Academy is a safe, comfortable atmosphere where adoelscents are encouraged to acknowledge and develop their strengths.  Students learn to heal from past trauma, develop a sense of hope for the future, and create a positive self image in which they believe in their abilities to overcome future life adversities.

Population:

Females and Males, ages 11-17 Regular & special education needs DSM IV diagnosis Our program provides intense mental health intervention within the program day.

Services Offered for Eagle Heights Academy:

Family, Individual, and Group Counseling Anger Management Life Skills Development Academic Assistance/ Tutoring Social Skills Development Crisis Intervention Coping Skills Development Life Space Crisis Interview Safe Environment Kids n Canines program Eagle Heights Academy GED Expansion Program Following completion of treatment Eagle Heights Academy (EHA) strives to reintegrate the majority of youth back to a traditional school setting.  However, we know that this is not a viable option for some of our older youth.  EHA now offers additional programming for males ages 16-18 that are unable to return to a traditional school setting.  Students may graduate from EHA or gain assistance in preparing for passage of the GED.  There are two tracks in this expansion.  Youth are characterized as having already earned high school credits who with support can complete credit recovery programming and finish their high school graduation requirements or youth that have few to no high school credits that would prepare for completion of the GED exam.  Services Offered for Eagle Heights Acaedemy GED EXPANSION PROGRAM: High School gradutiaon track or GED track:  academic support, guidance and planning Tutoring:  plans developed to advance youth to a functional literacy and academic level Psychological testing; as identified to assist in planning Traditional mental health groups:  anger management, social skills training, etc. Strengths based assessment:  identify and capitalize on youths strengths and competencies Work Readiness and Life Skills groups:  Assess and explore career opportunities and develop work readiness plans Access to other supportive mental health services including:  home-based family therapy, outpatient counseling, and pharmacological management services. Linkage:  therapeutic case management services will be offered to all youth involved including assisting in obtaining employment or field experience or volunteer experiences to further connect to community and workforce.

Treatment Professionals:
Our team is comprised of licensed social workers, licensed professional counselors, licensed marriage and family therapists and bachelor degree staff..

Contact:
Nate Toops, Program Director, at (614) 416-8782

Kate Bible, Day Treatment Coordinator (614) 416-8708

 

Eagle Heights Academy

 Day Treatment:  Phone-614-416-8708

 2009-2010 Schedule

 

                        No Program- Holiday Observed...........................July 3

Half Days- Dismissal 12:30..................August 24, 25, 26

Last Day Summer Program...........................August 26

                        No Program-Staff Report.........................August 27-28

                        First Quarter Begins...................................August 31                                                      

                        Labor Day-No School..............................September 7

                        Interim Grades Due From Teachers.............September 28

                        Fall Open House...................................September 30

                        Interim Reports Sent Home...........................October 1

                        End of First Quarter..................................October 30

                        First Quarter Grades Due From Teachers........November 2

                        First Quarter Grades Sent Home..................November 6

                        Second Quarter Begins..............................November 2

                        Early Dismissal 12:30pm..........................November 25

                        Thanksgiving Break...........................November 26-27

                        Interim Grades Due From Teachers.............November 30

                        Winter Open House.................................December 2

                        Interim Reports Sent Home........................December 3

                        Early Dismissal 12:30pm.........................December 21

                        Winter Break No School.......................December 24-25

                        Early Dismissal 12:30pm.....................December 28-31

                        New Years Holiday-No School.................January 1 2010

                        End of Second Quarter...............................January 15

                        Martin Luther King Day-No School.................January 18

                        Second Quarter Grades Due From Teachers......January 19

                        Third Quarter Begins.................................January 21

                        Second Quarter Grades Sent Home.................January 22

                        Interim Grades Due From Teachers...............February 15

                        Parent/Teacher Conferences.................February 17 & 18

                        Interim Reports Sent Home........................February 19

                        End of Third Quarter...................................March 19

                        Third Quarter Grades Due From Teachers..........March 22

                        Fourth Quarter Begins......................................March 22

                        Third Quarter Grades Sent Home.....................March 26

                        Holiday-No School.........................................April 2

                        Half Days-Early Dismissal (1:30pm).................April 5-9

                        Interim Grades Due From Teachers.....................May 3

                        Spring Parent/Teacher Conferences................May 5 & 6

                        Interim Grades Sent Home................................May 7

                        Memorial Day-No School................................May 31

                        End of Fourth Quarter....................................June 10

                        No Programming..........................................June 11

                        Summer Program Session Begins.......................June 14

                        Fourth Quarter/Final Grades Due From Teachers....June 14
                        Fourth Quarter/Final Grades Sent Home...............June 18