The Greenwood System 120™
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Dr. Daniel R. Greenwood, Ed.D., M.Ed.
Educational Consultant, Greenwood Associates West, Inc.
Dr. Dan Greenwood has held senior administrative and teaching positions in independent schools for the past 25 years in the states of Florida, Virginia, and California.
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Mrs. Beth Greenwood, B.A.
Educational Consultant, Greenwood Associates West, Inc.
Beth Greenwood has been an educator for over 20 years as a Director of Admission and a teacher in independent schools and is an Associate Member of the Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA).
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Dr. Janet Greenwood Ph.D., C.E.P.
President, Career and Educational Consultant, Greenwood Associates, Inc.
Dr. Janet Greenwood is president and founder of Greenwood Associates, Inc., established in 1987.
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Bernie Zimmeran, M.A., LCPC
Consultant to Greenwood Associates, Inc.
Bernie Zimmeran is a licensed clinician with a Master’s degree in School Counseling from Boise State University.
Elaine Morgan, M.Ed.
Educational Consultant, Morgan Guidance Services
Elaine Morgan, M.Ed. is an Independent Educational Consultant specializing in Career Counseling, Educational Planning, Therapeutic Placement Consulting and Parent Coaching. Elaine is the founder and first point of contact at Morgan Guidance Services. Much of her work focuses on strategic planning with families. She is an expert at identifying the best resources so students and young adults stay on track to reach their potential in school and in life. She is known for her collaborative, nonjudgmental approach and for being a strong advocate for her clients.
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Orlando & Winter Park, Ponte Vedra, Gainesville Call/Text 407-636-1004
Dana Stahl, M.Ed.
Educational Consultant, Educational Alternatives, LLC
Dana Stahl, M.Ed. is a learning specialist, educational consultant and child/parent advocate. Her practice focuses on educational assessment, advocacy and placement. Dana is an associate member of the Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA) and the National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs (NATSAP).
Annette Reiter, MA, LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (MT#1896)
Annette Reiter, MA, is an individual, family and couples therapist, author, and national speaker. Her private practice focuses on creating long-term healing and change within oneself. Her systemic approach to counsel makes her uniquely positioned to value the interdependence’s of oneself, family, career and education.
Annette Reiter: St. Petersburg Thearpy
Mark D. Barrentine, LCSW
Executive Director, Evangelhouse Consultancy
Mark Barrentine has worked with teens for over 20 years as a teen and family therapist. He has extensive training, experience and success inspiring teens to find clarity and purpose within their career path. In addition to working with teens, Mark also has a gift for working with small business owners and executives in career planning.
Janet Nicholas, MA, LPC, LCDC
Ethical, Caring Christian Counseling Services
Janet Nicholas LPC LCDC EAP is a counselor, therapeutic placement consultant and provides career assessment and consultation. She is a member of the National Association of therapeutic Schools and Programs (NATSAP).
Sandra Clifton, M.Ed, BCET, CEP, PCC
Educational Therapist
Sandra Clifton is a Board Certified Educational Therapist, Certified Educational Planner, and ICF-Professional Coach. During her chapter in NYC, Sandra served on the RULER Team for Yale University’s Center for Emotional Intelligence. She has been in private practice for twelve years, and advocates for Gifted, Twice-Exceptional, and Highly Sensitive Students.
Sarah Birdsong, MEd, CEC, CHHC
Career/Executive Coach & Assessment Specialist
Sarah specializes in determining how a person fits within an organization and helps her clients match their natural talents and abilities to work they love. She is the founder of Soule, Inc, a coaching, assessment and advisory firm. She received an MEd from The University of Virginia and is a certified executive coach from the ICF accredited Center for Executive Coaching.
Lisa Vella, M.Ed.
Educational & Therapeutic Consultant
Lisa is the founder of Vella Consulting, Inc. Her practice focuses on assisting families with therapeutic placements, boarding school placements, advocacy and career/college counseling.
Dana Grote, Ph.D.
Licensed Clinical Psychologist (CO #2629)
Dr. Dana Grote has 20 years of experience in psychological assessment and psychotherapy with children and adults. In her private practice, she provides college and career planning and specializes in working with clients with learning differences. Dr. Grote helps students and their families navigate the transition to college and academic accommodations process.
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Jennie Hall, M.S., ACMHC
School Counselor
Jennie is passionate about education and in her work as a school counselor, therapist, and advocate, she has had the opportunity to help adolescents successfully navigate the world of education and work. She is a School to Career Counselor at Glencoe High School and is a doctoral student in Education at the University of Oregon.
College Living Experience
Young Adult Program
College Living Experience (CLE) is the industry’s leading provider of post-secondary supports for young adults with learning differences. Dedicated to providing the highest quality of services, we strive to propel young adults toward success as they journey through their transition to independence.
CLE students pursue their academic program or career of interest while also receiving services across the domains of independent living and social skill development.
Discovery Academy
Adolescent/Young Adult Program
Discovery Academy is a therapeutic boarding school located in Provo, Utah. Situated in between the spectacular Wasatch Mountains to the east and Utah Lake to the west, a variety of outdoor educational and recreational opportunities are literally at our doorstep. Discovery Academy boarding school serves students ages 13-17. We offer the best of both worlds – separate programs for boys and girls with opportunities for appropriate co-ed interaction. Our student body is limited to just 32 girls and 50 boys. Our small boarding school environment lets us create an atmosphere where every student is known and every need is addressed. At Discovery Academy, academics, residential living, and therapeutics are all built on an experiential foundation. In each area, our students learn by doing. We focus on building relationships, respect, and responsibility. Using this boarding school model, we help students discover their true potential, rekindle their love for learning and prepare for post-high school educational opportunities.
The Grounds
Young Adult Program
The Grounds Recovery is a transitional living program for young men (18-30) who have struggled with substance use and addiction, and who have completed a primary treatment, wilderness, therapeutic boarding school or other intervention. Our typical member is looking for a supportive environment to strengthen their recovery, prevent relapse and integrate newly acquired skills into a more normalized environment. We focus on helping members develop the independent living skills necessary for a successful transition into a healthier lifestyle. We know that the needs of young adult men are unique so we have developed a program specifically to meet those needs.
Based on the model used by Founder, Alex Zemeckis, MA, during his personal journey from addiction to recovery as a young adult, the foundation of the program is based on intensive mentorship relationships and peer to peer accountability. Combined with abundant recreation and work experience, we follow the simple edict of “work hard, play hard” as both a guiding principle and metaphor for a life in balance.
Novitas Academy
Therapeutic Boarding School
Specialty school for boys age 14-18 with learning disabilities or learning difficulties, Novitas provides a safe, therapeutic, and nurturing learning environment designed to facilitate a successful transition into early adulthood. Boys are inspired to be innovative, entrepreneurial, and outside-the-box thinkers. Enrollment is year-round from all over North America.
The Arise Society
Therapeutic Support Program
The Arise Society is a young-adult, fully integrated, academic and therapeutic support program. The program blends a therapeutic culture into a college environment for students who need support and motivation – academically and socially. The college experience is utilized as a real-life setting that brings relevance to, and helps our students move on from, social and emotional issues that they have struggled with in the past.
Northbound Treatment Center
Treatment Center
At Northbound Treatment Services, our mission is “To assist our clients in celebrating one year of continuous sobriety.” We believe wholeheartedly in the power of recovery, and in every individual’s capacity to make beneficial, lasting changes in their lives. Through innovative treatment modalities, individualized treatment plans, a full continuum of care, exceptional staff, and a strong alumni support program, we work with clients and families to make the exquisite transformation of recovery possible. Our clients build trusting, honest, and respectful relationships with staff and experience what it means to shift their life in a positive direction.
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Pulsar BlueFire Wilderness
Young Adult Program
We help young adults and their families overcome challenges that limit their potential. We work with bright 18-28 year-olds to address behavioral or motivational attitudes impacting their success in life. The Southern Idaho Wilderness, near Sun Valley and the Snake River Canyon, is a mecca for outdoor adventure activities and an ideal setting to thrive.
We help young adults step out of their comfort zone, improve their self-esteem, and help our clients build their confidence through self-success. Our program helps create positive changes and improvements through engagement and adventure. We have a supportive environment that encourages clients to push themselves physically and emotionally to create lasting changes.
Solstice West / Journey Home
Adolescent Girls/Young Adult Program
Solstice RTC is a residential treatment center for troubled adolescent girls. Through a unique combination of therapeutic programs based upon both traditional and holistic mental health treatment, we treat our clients with age and gender specific techniques. We strive to empower teenage women with the ability to believe in themselves and provide the tools and motivation required to instill these beliefs for life.
Solstice is a privately owned mental health treatment facility that incorporates cutting-edge techniques in helping our clients deal with a wide range of problems. We are a proven leader in the successful treatment of adolescent females struggling with a variety of issues.
Telos U
Adult Transition Program
We are a specialized program for young adults transitioning to higher levels of freedom and responsibility. Our caring mentors use the power of relationships coupled with state of the art support services to create an environment in which young people can more effectively move towards independence.
The mission of Telos is to create inspiring interpersonal relationships that invite and assist all people to move toward their ultimate potential.
Segue Center
Young Adult Transition Program
Segue Center is designed to offer academic support, social skills, transition skills, career preparation, and recreation for young adults, 18 – 25, who have high-functioning autism, learning differences, and/or social anxiety. Please contact Pam at pquarterman@seguecenter.org or 214-561-7668 for more information or visit www.seguecenter.org.
Maple Lake Academy
Therapeutic Boarding School
Bridges to Independent Living is a transition program available for our young men ages 18-21. Bridges offers a focused and individualized program for six young adult men who could benefit from a nurturing environment with a balance of high expectations and high support. This supportive home offers the guidance needed while they explore college, vocational training, employment, community volunteer opportunities and development of leisure skills. Individual and Family therapy is provided, in addition to the guidance of a full time Independent Living Coach and 24 hour on-site residential staff. The goal of all our young men is to develop the ability to successfully live independently.
Latham Centers
Treatment Center
Latham Centers is a leader in the treatment of children and adults with intellectual disabilities, complex special needs including PWS, and behavioral challenges. Our school and residences throughout Cape Cod and southeastern Massachusetts serve children, adults, and their families near and far.
New Frontiers in Learning
Young Adult Program
The mission of New Frontiers in Learning is to provide the highest quality education and social support services to young adults who learn differently. Our ongoing personalized programming is designed to meet the needs of students who benefit from individualized supports in the areas of academic learning, executive functioning, and social interaction at the secondary and postsecondary levels.
Pacia Life
Young Adult Program
We guide young adults in creating sustainable self-reliance in all areas of their life.
Using the Tatori Process we guide the dreams and visions of young adults from an idea into reality.
Launch / Heritage
Young Adult Program
Launch is a short term residential transition program that helps adolescent boys create their life.
Leaving a structured setting means the world is wide open, and Launch is here to help find direction and start on the path to a successful life.
Solstice East
Adolescent Girls/Young Adult Program
Solstice East, one of the leading residential treatment centers for adolescent girls in the country, is located just outside of Asheville, North Carolina. Through a unique combination of therapeutic programs based upon both traditional and holistic mental health treatment, we treat our clients with age and gender specific therapies. We strive to empower teenage women with the ability to believe in themselves and provide the tools and motivation required to instill these beliefs for life.
Our mission is to assist adolescents and their families in developing:
Excellence
IN
Relationships
Influence
Character
Health
(ENRICH) throughout their life journey.
Solstice East is a privately owned mental health treatment facility that incorporates cutting-edge techniques in helping our clients deal with a wide range of problems. We are a proven leader in the successful treatment of adolescent females struggling with a variety of issues.
Ashcreek Ranch Academy
Boys Residential Treatment Center
Ashcreek Ranch Academy is a Residential Treatment Center where boys become young men. Our unique outdoor adventure, experiential therapy, and ranch environment teaches the value of hard work, respect, and accountability, while our residential setting feels like home—warm, friendly, and inviting. Every part of our program and environment is designed specifically for young men. From our approach in therapy, to the classroom, to the daily schedule – everything we do was developed to meet the emotional and behavioral needs of struggling teen boys.
Benchmark Transition
Young Adult Residential Treatment Center
Benchmark Transitions is a long-term residential treatment center for older teenagers and young adults, with transitional levels of care individualized for each client’s unique treatment needs. We’re an ideal program for at risk young adults needing immediate primary treatment for substance abuse or struggling with mental health and emotional issues, as well as the son or daughter “stuck” at home needing additional support to achieve independence.
Confluence
Young Adult Transition Program
Confluence brings together multiple clinical approaches and treatment models to help individuals heal, create change and develop new strategies for moving forward. The program is a hybrid of a residential treatment center and wilderness therapy program. Combining the comfort and support of a home-like setting with the inherent challenges of outdoor experiences, Confluence provides the balance young adults need to actively engage in their wellness.
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