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New Directions is a year-round program that provides a unique combination of specialized mental health treatment and comprehensive educational services. It is the only licensed partial hospitalization program in Fayette County as well as a Private Academic School. New Directions is licensed through the PA Department of Education and Department of Human Services.
Location: 125 Chaffee Street, Uniontown, PA 15401
Telephone: (724)-434-KIDS
Email: nd@crcsi.org
School Hours: M-T: 7:35am – 2:35pm Friday: 7:35am – 1:35pm
SERVICES
Educational Services
New Directions is a Licensed Private Academic School through the PA Department of Education. We provide both regular and special education services and provide a co-located complimentary separate program. The Private Academic School contracts with each child/adolescent’s home School District. We specialize in treating children and adolescents from the ages of 5 to 21 years. Adolescents over the age of 17 may be provided service if the adolescent is enrolled in high school/secondary/vocational school and/or is in the custody of Children and Youth Services. The New Directions Program has three grouping/ functional tracks: K-4 grade, 5th-8th grade and 9th-12th grade. Although located in Fayette County, New Directions serves children/adolescents from Fayette and surrounding counties (Allegheny, Westmoreland, Washington, Greene, and Somerset) or children from other counties temporarily placed by Children and Youth Services in Fayette or surrounding counties.
Therapeutic Services
New Directions Child and Adolescent Partial Hospitalization Program provides service six hours a day for five days a week. Each child/adolescent participates for at least three hours per scheduled treatment day. The intensive program includes therapeutic milieu, nursing, psychiatric evaluation, psychiatric medication management, medication administration, individual/group/family therapy, psychoeducation, guided social interactions, health instruction, basic living skills instruction, behavioral management instruction and practice, crisis management, mental health wellness, therapeutic skill development, and referrals are provided in accordance with the child/adolescent’s treatment plan.
New Directions provides a variety of therapy and therapeutic interventions including but not limited to process psychotherapy groups as well as group services that routinely include guided social interaction groups; illness education groups, coping skills groups, problem solving groups, and expressive therapies such as therapeutic groups, cooperative and focus development through recreational and wellness groups; and social interaction skill development groups. Based on clinical need New Directions also provides a variety of specialized groups related to trauma, diagnosis, and topic specific. Individual and family therapy sessions are regularly scheduled as well as additional sessions when indicated.
What is our mission?
Chestnut Ridge Counseling Services, Inc. provides comprehensive behavioral health services in a timely, professional, and compassionate manner to promote wellness and improve the quality of life of the children, adults, and families in the tri-state area. Our values: Integrity, Quality of Care, Empowering, Accountability, Teamwork, and Communication. Provides the foundation upon which we base our day-to-day operations and guides our goals for future treatment and support programs.
A Word
From Our Director of Academics
” As New Directions Director of Academics, my mission is to create a safe and supportive learning environment for all students. I am dedicated to working closely with teachers, staff, parents, and the districts we serve to ensure that our students receive the best care possible. “
– Allyson Ruse
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Location: 125 Chaffee Street, Uniontown, PA 15401
Telephone: 724-434-5437
School Hours: M-T: 7:35am - 2:35pm Friday: 7:35am - 1:35pm
"We treat everyone as if they are family"
New Directions is a year-round program that provides a unique combination of specialized mental health treatment and comprehensive educational services. It is the only licensed partial hospitalization program in Fayette County as well as a Private Academic School. New Directions is licensed through the PA Department of Education and Department of Human Services.
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