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Admissions

Student Profile

The Garfield Park Academy is open to students ages five through nineteen who have emotional and/or learning problems. Students may be admitted through a referral from their public school child study team or through a private placement.

Garfield Park Academy strives to enrich the lives of all our students, with the goal of placing students back into their public school setting as soon as possible. In addition, students also have the option of remaining at Garfield Park Academy until they graduate the twelfth grade.

Students admitted to Garfield Park Academy may have diagnoses in the following areas:

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)
Depression
Bipolar
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Schizophrenia
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Autism
Reactive Attachment Disorder