Promoting Re-Education Principles
The Oil City P.R.E.P. integrated classroom is located at the Oil City Senior High School and supports students enrolled in grades 9-12. Participating students must be experiencing emotional and/or behavioral difficulties in the school setting. They must be at risk for out of school placement and have a mental health diagnosis. A physician or licensed psychologist/psychiatrist must recommend the O.C. P.R.E.P. Program as medically necessary. The students must be eligible for Medical Assistance.
The specific goals of the O.C. P.R.E.P. Program are:
- Encourage family participation
- Create a positive atmosphere which supports the student to be successful in the classroom
- Support the educational goals of the classroom
- Improve social skills and increase self-motivation
- Build upon strengths
- Reduce discordance
- Eventually develop a level of competence to successfully transition into mainstream classes
Treatment provided includes:
- Strength-based therapy, which identifies the positive abilities of students
- A treatment plan is developed for each student in order to meet their individual needs
- Daily morning and afternoon groups
- Daily skill-building group to address such topics as anger management, self-control, teamwork, etc.
- Behavioral interventions to help students apply the skills they learn in groups to the academic setting
- Promote resiliency; a student’s ability to succeed when faced with risks and adversity
- Regular positive calls to parents/caregivers
- Family skill-building activities to strengthen relationships through transference of skills