PEP Therapeutic Schools
By delivering both mental health services and special education, PEP Therapeutic Schools provide a holistic approach to serving students ages 5-22 with significant behavioral and mental health challenges.
Overview
Children with severe mental health challenges, difficulty regulating emotions, autism and other special needs often require therapeutic educational environments to reach their full potential. At PEP's five Therapeutic Schools, staff build supportive and healing relationships with students that ultimately help them learn and grow. Over the years, PEP's innovative Therapeutic School model has been heralded by the U.S. Department of Education and the American Institutes for Research as one of the country's most effective special education programs.
PEP classrooms are led by teams of educators and mental health professionals who weave hands-on academics, therapeutic interventions and social-emotional skills development into cohesive growth plans for each child. Through evidence-based programming and supports, PEP Therapeutic Schools set a foundation for lasting change that instills hope, optimism and resiliency in children and their families.
1:2
Building-wide student to staff ratio is 1:2 (or less) and classes generally have fewer than 10 students.
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Every day of my life I'm thankful to PEP and all the support we received. My son is now gentle, respectful, kind and funny. Thank you for giving our son back to us.
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Parent of a former PEP student
Therapeutic School Specializations
PEP Chesnutt, PEP Hopewell and PEP Willow Creek
PEP Chesnutt, PEP Hopewell and PEP Willow Creek serve children with severe mental health challenges and difficulty regulating emotions.
PEP Phoenix
PEP Phoenix serves children with significant cognitive delays in addition to mental health challenges.
PEP Prentiss Autism Center
PEP Prentiss serves young people with autism spectrum disorder and other complex developmental disabilities.
PEP Chesnutt
PEP Hopewell
PEP Phoenix
PEP Prentiss
Please reach out to us to see if a student in your district would be a good fit for PEP.
Please note, referrals to PEP’s Therapeutic Schools are made through school districts in consultation with parents. Interested parents or caregivers should contact their school administrator.