Program Description:

This program is available for students identified with a need for therapeutic interventions that enable them to more successfully access their educational opportunities. The Setting IV classroom for students in grades 5-8 is located in at Friendly Hills Middle School in Mendota Heights.

The three core goals for students enrolled in the program include:

a)      Calming the brain- stress and anxiety limit an individual’s capacity to take in and integrate new information, worsens mental health symptoms and impacts relationships negatively.

b)      Connecting with the brain- many individuals who experience mental health struggles feel cut off and isolated from others; often as a result of feeling very out-of-synch with their world.

c)      Enhancing the brain- skills deficits may impair their ability to read the intentions of others, make sense of  the information that their environment provides them and to communicate their needs and wants in a socially successful manner.

Model of Service Delivery:              
Accomplishment factors will work to develop a sense of achievement while developing underlying skills:

1. Cognitive tasks and achievements

2. Emotional tasks and achievements  

3. Communication and social tasks and achievements

4. Earn points in order to obtain privileges

Services Provided:

Related and support services in the areas of speech and language pathology, autism, occupational therapy are provided as needed.  

For more information contact Dave Stoll, Assistant Director/Principal, at 952-431-4064.

Forms to fill in and bring to the intake meeting: