Placement Consultants

When it comes to finding either the right boarding school or residential treatment program, consultants are often utilized. We have put together a list of resources including websites and consultants that may help you in your search. 

Here is a list of The National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs that parents can navigate themselves. This is NOT comprehensive. But this list can give a broad overview of many of the programs that exist across the country, each of which caters to a different population. This site is helpful but it is difficult to ascertain the pros and cons of each program based just off of company websites and online reviews. Also, keep in mind that the independent online reviews, such as Google, tend to trend towards the negative when it comes to mental health treatment as those who have favorable experiences tend not to rate their experience.
https://natsap.org

This consultant works for a large corporation that owns various residential treatment programs across the country. She works free of charge but she will preferentially choose residential treatment facilities in her company’s network when she feels they may be a good fit. That said, she will help find placements outside of her network if she feels her company’s offerings are not a good fit. 
Amanda Mascieri 
Amanda.Mascieri@acadiahealthcare.com 
(610) 906-9582 
https://www.acadiahealthcare.com/programming-treatment/treatment-placement-specialists/

Here is a list, in no particular order, of educational and placement consultants that know about therapeutic boarding schools as well as residential treatment facilities across the country. Some of these placements accept insurance but many do not. 
—Nancy Green http://creative-ed-options.com/who.html
—Scott Hall https://www.hall-consulting.com
—Jody Dobson www.DobConsult.com
—Richard Baroody www.baroodyassociates.com
—Ellen Heard https://www.alternatives4teens.com/about-me

Here are a few of the many residential placement options we have heard good things about from patients. We have not visited these ourselves and have no affiliation with them: 
-McLean Hospital in Boston is a Harvard affiliated program and very well run; they have a variety of programs for children/teens and adults. I have heard really good things about their DBT program.
-Newport Academy in CT has programs for teens and young adults.
-Rogers Behavioral Health offers residential care in Wisconsin for all ages and many conditions including OCD, depression, DBT, and eating disorders. They also have a local day program just inside Philadelphia.
-Embark is a new residential treatment program in the Poconos for teen girls age 12-17. They also have a partial program on the Mainline.