Santiam Crossing School
Scio, OR

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Rossiter New Executive Director
At Santiam Crossing

Santiam Crossing School is pleased to announce that Brian Rossiter is joining the program as its new Executive Director.

Rossiter brings more than 20 years of experience working in the field of therapeutic education to the position. His experience ranges from leadership and management roles, program and curriculum development, staff supervision and training, marketing and referral development, to working directly with adolescent clients. He has worked in both therapeutic wilderness programs and therapeutic boarding school settings.

"We are delighted to have Brian at the helm of Santiam Crossing. We have known and appreciated his work in our field over the years. In fact, he helped us with curriculum development and staff training when we first opened Santiam Crossing School and we are pleased to have finally lured him back," explained Santiam Crossing School Board Chairman Rob Koning.

Rossiter will take over from Santiam Crossing School's outgoing Executive Director, Ryan Sturch, who announced that he is moving on from Santiam Crossing School to pursue new challenges and experiences.

Santiam Crossing is a therapeutic boarding school on the West coast that provides families with a treatment option that is less than one year in length, therapeutically intensive, and enables students to catch up academically. Students benefit from extensive therapy, substance abuse treatment, adventure therapy, a family reunification program, academic credit recovery, and an outdoor leadership and professional development certification program. Attendance of a therapeutic wilderness program is a pre-requisite for enrollment. Students graduate, on average, at eight months. Santiam Crossing is accredited by the Northwest Association of Accredited Schools, is licensed by the State of Oregon, and is a registered private school.