Cohannet Academy provides exceptional therapeutic treatment and educational services for young women between 13 and 18 who are coping with emotional, educational, social and behavioral difficulties, offering a place for them to learn and grow.
Cohannet Academy provides a continuum of care for adolescent girls who are coping with serious mental illness, emotional disturbance and challenging behaviors. Our program uses progressive individual and group therapies and offers intensive crisis response and 24-hour medical care. Students receive educational services and have access to tutoring and life skills programs while in residence at Cohannet Academy. In addition, our program includes various recreational and fun activities that are specifically chosen to enhance the overall focus of growth and healing. Our hope for each young woman is that she recalls her time here as a turning point in her life, a brief, focused time when she learned to believe in herself, and in her future and for her to be able to access this period of learning and partnership as a lasting resource.
At Cohannet Academy we believe that each resident comes to us with strengths and abilities to build upon. Cohannet Academy fosters these strengths through positive relationships and an environment of mutual respect and accountability. Our mission is to help each young person that enters our program to learn to believe in themselves and in their future.
Clinical Services –Cohannet Academy clinicians, residential, education and nursing, occupational therapist and psychiatry departments Cohannet Academy provide a continuum of care for our residents. Our services include: weekly Individual Therapy, ARC and DBT treatment, Trauma Psycho-Education, Family and Group Therapy, Psychopharmacological Consultation and Transition Planning.
Milieu Services- 24 hour continuous therapeutic support is provided by Cohannet Academy residential counselors. Our year-round programming includes: one-on-one meetings with Primary Counselors, highly structured programming, medical services crisis intervention/prevention and incentive plans. Students also benefit from evening leisure groups, weekly community outings, homework help and tutoring and Life Skills/PAYA instruction. Through collaboration with parents and service providers, community meetings, Multidisciplinary Team meetings, and focused treatment plans, residents are provided a safe environment in which to learn and grow.
Educational Services- Cohannet Academy's school is operated by Collaborative Educational Services under the Massachusetts DESE. During class time, students continue to receive support in working on their treatment goals. Each resident works with her teachers to work on educational goals, problem-solve school difficulties, plan for educational transitions, develop independence skills, or receive tutoring.
