We work with kids who may have been diagnosed with one or more of the following:

• ADD/ADHD
• Anxiety Disorders — Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Asperger’s Syndrome (Outside In specific track)
• Mood Disorders — Bipolar disorder, Depression
• Oppositional Defiant Disorder
• Pervasive Developmental Disorder
• Reactive Attachment Disorder
• Montcalm School treats Dual Diagnoses; some students carry a secondary diagnosis of substance abuse

I.Q. Requirements

• Low average – superior I.Q. (70 and above)

We specialize in helping kids who are facing one or more of the following issues:

Family issues

• Adoption/attachment issues
• Authority issues
• Family conflict

Behavioral issues

• Anger management
• Self-harming behaviors
• Entitlement
• Manipulation
• Negative peer associations
• Physical aggression (mild to moderate)
• Poor coping skills
• Poor social skills
• Promiscuity
• Social isolation
• Stealing
• Suicidal thoughts, statements and gestures
• Trauma issues
• Verbal aggression
• Withdrawn
• Impulsivity
• Low self-esteem
• Lying

Learning difficulties

• Executive functioning issues
• Processing issues
• Learning disability
• School problems
• Low motivation
• Truancy
• Nonverbal learning disorder
• Sensory integration issues

Conditions requiring additional medical team assessment prior to acceptance

• Diabetic — insulin dependent or controlled by medication and diet

• HIV/Hepatitis B
• Epileptic Seizures — medically controlled
• Closed Brain Injury
• Recent surgeries and extreme medical interventions
• Closed head or traumatic brain injury
• Heart conditions

Montcalm School does not accept students who exhibit the following behaviors or conditions:

• Auditory or visual hallucinations
• Active eating disorders
• Active suicidal attempts
• Fire setting (retaliation or gratification)
• Animal abuse
• Encopresis or manipulation of bodily fluids
• Self-injury that requires medical attention
• Currently in need of detoxification
• Repeated overdoses
• IQ under 70
• Sexually reactive behaviors
• Predatory sexual behavior, opposite and same sex
• Adjudicated sexual offenses
• Diabetes (uncooperative with treatment)
• Pregnancy
• Epileptic seizures (uncontrolled)
• Wheelchair-bound
• Terminal illness
• Conditions requiring 24-hour nursing assistance