Overview
For over 80 years, The Grove School has been serving adolescents and their families as a small, independently owned and operated therapeutic boarding school on the beautiful Connecticut shoreline. We are a therapeutic milieu for students with social, emotional and learning challenges that have impacted the quality of their lives. We provide a seamless program of sophisticated clinical services, college preparatory education, and diverse activities that focuses on personal growth and the development of meaningful relationships.
| Therapeutic Boarding School | |
| 1934 | |
| On 90 acres in a residential area of the shoreline community of Madison, CT. 1 hour south of Hartford, 2 hours from New York and Boston. Easily accessible by plane, train and I-95. | |
| 7–12 on the main campus, Post-graduate/Transition Program in the Madison community | |
| 116 residential students; 30 day students; Transition Program capacity 18 students | |
| 11–18 on campus; 18-23 in the Transition Program | |
| We have a heterogeneous population of students across the diagnostic spectrum. | |
| Average length of stay: | Two years |
| Calendar: | 12 month school year with four 2 week vacations |
| Approvals/Licensures/Memberships: | CT Dept of Ed, CT Dept of Children and Families, NEASC (New England Association of Schools and Colleges), NATSAP, AACAP, WFMH |
| Clinical: | Contextually-based psycho-dynamic psychotherapy that is rooted in a relational model |
| Staff: | 21 highly trained and experienced licensed clinicians |
| Therapy: | Individual sessions twice weekly; Group sessions once weekly (themes include adoption, divorce, social skills, DBT, nutrition, Art and Recreation Therapy); Open themed groups; Family therapy sessions once a month (at a minimum); Community meetings once a month |
| Health Center: | 10 RNs and LPNs who staff the Health Center daily from 8:00AM to 10:00PM |
| Related Services: | Speech and Language Pathologist on staff for social pragmatics, speech and NVLD related issues, Nutritionist on staff for individual and group sessions |
| Special Programs: | Art Therapy, Therapeutic Recreation, EMDR, DBT, affiliation with Yale Child Study Center, internships and residencies with Southern Connecticut State University, Yale University and Albertus Magnus College |
| College Credits on Campus: | For adult learners, Grove has an on campus branch of Southern Connecticut State University delivering course work to teachers on the Connecticut shoreline who may receive a Masters in Special Education along with Special Ed Certification. Grove also has an affiliation with the University of Connecticut that awards college credits to seniors for courses delivered by specific Grove master level personnel in Spanish, Physics and History. |