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PROGRAM
OVERVIEW
The
PA Treatment & Healing Alternative Education Program is approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Education to provide
services in accordance with Act 30 of 1997
(Pennsylvania School Code, Article XIX-C, Disruptive Youth Programs) and Act 48
of 1999 (Pennsylvania School Code, Article XIX-E, Private Alternative Education
Institutions for Disruptive Students).
The
PATH Alternative Education Program (AEP) was founded in December
1987 to provide alternative education services to youth in the
Central Susquehanna Valley. Since its inception, the program has
grown to provide services to over 65 public school districts in
Pennsylvania. The education program is available to children, from 7th
grade through 12th grade who possess an elementary or secondary
level reading ability. A referral to the program can be initiated by
school administrators or court officials. Youth referred remain on
the rolls of the referring district. Our alternative education
program is an approved provider by the Pennsylvania Department of
Education.
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Unique
Aspects of our
Alternative
Education Program:
A low staff to student ratio of 1:5.
A structured learning environment with constant supervision.
A No Suspension, No Expulsion policy.
Counselors trained to address behavioral difficulties and underlying
emotional needs of troubled youth.
Students make up every hour they are tardy or absent.
Students are kept after school to make up work not completed during
the school day.
Individualized learning with remedial tutoring to address students'
needs for those who are academically behind.
Special activities and privileges for exceptional, not expected
behavior.
Staff are sent out to search and rescue students who fail to report
to school.
Close communication between the Agency staff and the students' home
school districts.
A student can be referred for as few as 30 days or up to the entire
academic school year.
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