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The National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs
(NATSAP) was created in January of 1999 to serve as a national
resource for programs and professionals assisting young people
beleaguered by emotional and behavioral difficulties. The
Association is governed by an elected, volunteer
Board of Directors comprised of
representatives from the NATSAP membership.
Membership In NATSAP
Membership in NATSAP is voluntary and is renewed annually. Our
members include therapeutic schools, residential treatment
programs, wilderness programs, outdoor therapeutic programs,
young adult programs and home-based residential programs.
NATSAP requires the members of our organization to be licensed
by the appropriate state agency authorized to set and oversee
standards of therapeutic and/or behavioral healthcare for youth
and adolescents or accredited by a nationally recognized
behavioral health accreditation agency and to have therapeutic
services with oversight by a qualified clinician.
NATSAP's Role In Placement
NATSAP members are independently operated and owned; therefore,
NATSAP does not provide placement services.
Each young person has his or her own specific needs that must be
determined in detail before placement in any program is
appropriate. Since NATSAP has no means of determining the needs
of young people whose counselors or families may be using the
NATSAP directory and information on members, NATSAP does not
recommend specific programs.
Information About Our Members
NATSAP publishes a directory annually to inform professionals,
programs, and families about the many residential placement
alternatives available to help struggling young people.
Listed alphabetically, the schools and programs in the Program
Directory are diverse. The directory's listings offer a wide
range of programmatic types, lengths of stay, and services to
meet the needs of a variety of troubled young people.
Matching the services of a particular school or program to the
specific needs of a young person is arguably the most important
decision that will ever be made on behalf of that young person.
The NATSAP directory is not intended by itself to supply enough
information to make a placement. NATSAP encourages programs,
professionals, and families to have appropriate academic and
psychological testing conducted and to use multiple
informational resources before suggesting or pursuing a
placement for any young person in any program.
Professionals and parents seeking information on placement for a
young person experiencing difficulties have access to the
NATSAP
Directory on this website. Searching the directory
will return each relevant program's basic information, including
contact sources.
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