Professional Resource Guide
Ädelbrook Behavioral and Developmental Services – Therapeutic Educational Alternative Model (TEAM)>
Manchester, CT 06040
TEAM is a school based clinical intervention program designed to prevent the costly outplacement to clinical day schools. It is designed to support public and private schools in identifying, assessing and providing child-specific, clinical services for children at risk of educational outplacement. TEAM provides support and resources to schools who are struggling with students who have complex behavioral or mental health needs. Staff serve as the in house resource to the district or school in providing support and resources to the child, involved caregivers, school faculty, student service personnel and administrators. Support and intervention resources include: clinicians, behaviorists, occupational therapists, speech and language pathologists, and psychiatric consultsand each area may be tailored to each school on an à la carte basis. Having TEAM in a district provides the opportunity for early intervention which research reflects is key to achieving higher successful outcomes later in life.