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Perspectives
- Feb, 1993 Issue #20 |
YELLOWSTONE TREATMENT
CENTERS
Billings, Montana
Rusty Lundin, Director of Marketing
800-726-6755
Yellowstone Treatment
Centers, eight miles outside Billings, Montana
has an uniqueness in that it is a fully accredited public
school, but serving only the residents of the facility. It
was founded in 1957 as a boys ranch, but over the years has
evolved into a residential treatment facility with care ranging
from an intensive care unit to community based group homes.
Psychiatric intervention is melded into the school part of
the program so even the most disruptive student will have
a minimum impact on the rest of the students, maintaining
a sense of safety in the classrooms. Principal Robert
Duncan reports that currently, 64% of their students do
not require special education services. So, a departmentalized
regular education program in Math, Science, English and Social
Studies has been established for those students. This can
also be used as on-site transition into regular classrooms
when Special Education students are ready.
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© 1993, Woodbury Reports, Inc. (This article may be reproduced
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