AdmissionsRichard2022-10-18T13:07:43-04:00
Garfield Park Academy is approved by the New Jersey Department of Education and accepts students from New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware.
Garfield Park Academy is open to students ages 5-21 who have emotional and/or learning problems.
We work closely with sending districts to help prepare students to return to public school services, whenever appropriate.
Most of our students are placed by local school districts, in which case our program and services are offered at no cost to families. Garfield Park Academy also accepts students on private tuition.
Referrals and Tours
School district administrators, Child Study Team members, teachers, and parents are welcome to contact Garfield Park Academy refer students for enrollment or to arrange a tour of our school and facilities. Click here to initiate a referral, or click here to schedule a tour now.
Students admitted to Garfield Park Academy may have diagnoses in the following areas:
- Social Learning Disorders
- Personality Disorders
- Anxiety Disorders
- Adjustment Disorders
- Dissociative Disorders
- Impulse-Control Disorders
- Mood Disorders
- Psychotic Disorders
- Personality Disorders
Some examples are:
- Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD/ADHD)
- Autism
- Depression
- Bipolar
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder
- Reactive Attachment Disorder
Admissions Process
Students may be enrolled at Garfield Park Academy at any time.
Garfield Park Academy’s admissions process normally begins with a referral from the student’s local school district. The district contacts Garfield Park Academy and will provide student records for review. These records will usually include the IEP and all available student evaluations. Our multidisciplinary admissions team will review the records as they are received to make an initial determination of appropriateness of placement.
Once a student is referred by the district, we will promptly contact the sending district to arrange a student interview and tour of our school at the parents’ or guardians’ earliest convenience.
During the student interview and tour, the intake team will explain all we have to offer your child, to help you to make the best decision for your child.
If the parents or guardian, local school district, and Garfield Park Academy agree the student’s placement is appropriate, we’ll process the student’s enrollment in a timely manner in order to minimize any gap in the student’s educational services. Garfield’s decision is based on our assessment of our ability to meet the student’s cognitive, social/emotional and learning needs, as well as an opening in an appropriate classroom.
Once a student is enrolled and is attending school at Garfield Park Academy, we will constantly reevaluate the student’s academic, social/emotional, and behavioral needs, and his or her strengths and weaknesses in order to assure we are tailoring an individualized program and curriculum that matches his or her needs while effectively addressing the student’s IEP requirements.
