Students who attend this program have exhausted other less-restrictive options in their local communities. An integrated team of professionals provides services to each student that support successful learning. Staff members include special education teachers, teacher assistants, a school nurse, a school counselor, a consulting neuropsychologist, and a child and adolescent psychiatrist, working as an integrated team to help students learn. The Clinical Day School operates six classrooms. The curriculum design is similar to that in local public schools.
Instruction is provided through small groups or individual lessons.
A variety of alternative teaching strategies and behavior management techniques are employed in the classroom to help students experience success. When a student is ready to be transferred to a public school system, which is less restrictive than the Clinical Day School, staff members work closely with public school educators to ensure a smooth transition. ECHN offers one of the most comprehensive behavioral health programs in a community hospital setting in the state, including adult and adolescent inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services, as well as 24-hour a day emergency crisis services. Programs include an adult outpatient clinic, substance abuse treatment and ambulatory detoxification, adult and adolescent partial hospital programs, women's behavioral health and eating disorders program, vocational rehab and Employee Assistance Programs, in addition to adult and adolescent inpatient services. It was the first time that MMH played a lullaby to announce the birth of a baby.