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Posted: Jun 27, 2011, 08:35
KOLBURNE SCHOOL
New Perspectives
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New Marlborough, Massachusetts
Neil Berger, PhD, MS
Executive Director
413-229-8787
nberger@kolburne.net
www.kolburne.net
The Kolburne School works with children ages 8 - 22 that have a variety of psychiatric disorders with varying degrees of severity. Some of the problems that they have are Autism, Asperger's, Tourette's syndrome, Anxiety disorders. Some may have been dually diagnosed with developmental disorders and mental Illness, or have social/emotional disorders. Many of the children have some type of learning disability.
In 1947, Luma Kolburne and his wife Stella and their daughter Jeane (and later, her husband Sydney L. Weinstein) founded The Kolburne School in Norwalk, Connecticut. By the 1960's, ever-increasing student enrollment and the need for a more comprehensive physical plant led Kolburne to relocate. A state-of-the-art treatment center was built in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, on eight hundred acres of meadows, forests, and streams. Parents, funding sources, and regulatory agencies were equally supportive of Kolburne's move and the later acquisition of community-based group homes designed to further promote positive student growth.
Kolburne has a clinical service program designed to address the needs of students with emotional and learning difficulties and maladaptive behaviors. The staff that provide Clinical services include Psychiatrists, and masters-level licensed or licensed-eligible Clinical Specialists with backgrounds in Clinical Social Work, Psychology, Guidance, Counseling, and Psychiatric Nursing. Comprehensive Nursing and Medical services are provided for the students.
Kolburne provides a pre-vocational program that assists students in developing appropriate work skills and appropriate work behavior. The school is able to provide speech, language, physical, and occupational therapy to any student that needs it. Living, social skills training and character development is available. The mission of the Kolburne School is to provide a safe, caring, therapeutic environment where students with psychiatric, educational, and social challenges can best develop the skills and character necessary to rejoin their communities with success.
[This information came from the Kolburne School website]
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