Students at Pace School are referred with a wide variety of emotional and behavioral challenges that interfere with their ability to participate in the regular school environment. Individualized academic programming focuses on integrating mental health and behavioral services directly into the school day, minimizing disruption and allowing students to maintain the highest level of consistent educational engagement.

In additional to traditional academics, students in the Emotional Support Program receive:

  • Participation in a trauma sensitive environment that creates a welcoming community where students can heal.
  • On-site mental health treatment, including medication management integrated throughout the traditional school day.
  • Parent support and educational groups as well as intensive individualized consultation as needed.
  • On-going analysis of interventions to ensure that children are benefitting from the program with formalized team review every 20 days to revise strategies as needed.
  • Specialized arts programming that helps students create healthy and creative forms of expression.
  • Interagency collaboration for continuity of care.
  • Special area instruction including music, art, physical education, daily living skills and information technology.
  • Specialized academic programming for students with low/borderline intellectual functioning.