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Kanner Academy
Sarasota, Florida
941-330-2788
admissions@kanneracademy.com
www.kanneracademy.com
Kanner Academy is a community of young adults and adults established
to foster the development of
education, human values, awareness,
and self-understanding. This
therapeutic peer-community
environment accepts educationally
and emotionally challenged
students who have not been
able to achieve in the mainstream
public schools or at other private school
settings. The school's mission
is to prepare students to be
responsible and informed citizens,
who can communicate effectively
and be successful in their
careers Of equal importance
is to prepare them emotionally
and socially. They strive to help build their student's
self esteem and an awareness
of the self and the community,
also extending their mission
to include the students' families.
This is a 24 hour a day program that emphasizes radical responsibility
and a willingness to be open
and honest. Families must participate
in all rules, structures and
limits while at school and
at home, which includes participating
in a minimum of one multi-family
therapy session per month and
a minimum of two group meetings
per semester. Kanner has a day school and
residential program, both of
which require psychotherapy
at the Kanner Academy, for
an additional fee, with the
Children and
Family Gestalt Institute Inc.,
which is staffed by licensed
psychiatrists, psychologists
and mental health professionals.
Kanner uses a multi-modal program that achieves measurable success
in treating at-risk and disabled
youth, helping them to develop
healthy loving relationships and family dynamics. Their program
involves group and individual
therapy and electives with
a somewhat traditional curriculum that
blends cooperative education
and interaction, positive peer culture, community
meetings, and a therapeutic
milieu. The program adds the comprehensive limits, structures,
and interactions
that bring about growth, self-awareness
and healthy lifestyles in troubled
adolescents. |
