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Educational Consulting Services offers solutions for families seeking change. We provide consulting services to families who have exhausted community mental health and school resources. We see out-of-home placement as a last resort for clients who need more support and supervision in applying what skills they may have learned in outpatient or short-term hospitalization.

In a recent ECS survey, that included data from a 10 year period, a vast majority of families found us to be great listeners in understanding the uniqueness of their child, very approachable and accessible, and thorough in the range of options available to families.

When a family reaches the point where there are no other options in their community, we help them make difficult decisions about a two-phase process involving intervention/treatment and aftercare. We guide parents through the exploration of their options and advise them on the most appropriate therapeutic placements and eventually transition-to-home services.

In order to make a recommendation, part of our data gathering includes conversations with professionals who have worked with our client or their family and/or conducted formal evaluations. We regard our services as complementary to mental health and school professionals who work with families of troubled teens and young adults. We see practitioners as crucial to maintaining the support needed throughout the therapeutic and educational process and with aftercare.

Quite often parents ask us for referrals for local mental health professionals, educational advocates and special education services in their area. We consider our work with local professionals as membership on a home team in which each member provides a complementary area of support for the family. We will communicate with professionals to keep them informed of a client’s progress by request and with permission from parents/guardians.

Please contact us if you have a family whose child is in need of more supervision and structure than can be provided within the home, the school, and outpatient services.