Brandon School and Residential Treatment Center

The Brandon School and Residential Treatment Center is a center that provides educational, emotional, and behavioral health services to boys and their families. Brandon has developed a Rapid Firesetting Treatment Program, Intensive Firesetting Treatment Program, and works with various partners to host an annual Juvenile Firesetting conference.[1] Students come to Brandon with a range of educational, emotional and behavioral difficulties and are provided with individualized treatment plans whilst achieving academic skills.

Brandon School & Residential Treatment Center
Location
27 Winter St. Natick, MA

Natick
,
Massachusetts

United States
Coordinates42.3194°N 71.3388°W / 42.3194; -71.3388
Information
Other nameBRTC
Established1966
PrincipalKaren McCarthy
Head teacherDavid Whitney
Executive DirectorRachel Berry, Ed. D.
Years taught2-12
GenderMale
Enrollment100
Classes12
Student to teacher ratio3:1
Websitehttp://www.brandonschool.org/

Northeast Juvenile Firesetting Conference

In collaboration with various public and private sector partners, Brandon hosts the annual Northeast Juvenile Firesetting Conference,[1] which brings together the different disciplines impacted by juvenile firesetting. During this time, social service, fire service, public safety, juvenile justice, education, burn care, and mental health professionals attend workshops by national experts to learn how to more effectively intervene in and prevent juvenile firesetting.

Campus

The Brandon campus is located in Natick, Massachusetts, which hosts walking paths, sports fields, gardens and a ropes course. On-site medical services include psychiatry, nursing and dentistry. Campus residences consist of four colonial style homes and one residential wing.

Off-campus are two community-based houses where some of the students of Brandon School attend public school and hold jobs in the community.

Extracurriculars
Brandon's refurbished gymnasium

Brandon residents participate in many pro-social, extracurricular activities, both indoor and outdoor, on and off campus.

Awards and recognition
  • Grant Recipient, The Marigold Charitable Trust, 2008-2009
  • Grant Recipient, TD Banknorth, 2008[2]
  • Grant Recipient, Make the Dash Count Foundation’s Wayland Youth Board, 2006, 2008[3]
  • Award Winner, Resiliency for Life Program, Framingham MA High School, 2003[4]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2009-04-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2009-04-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2009-04-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-09-28. Retrieved 2009-04-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

Sources
  • Flynn, Jennifer D. "Children Playing with Fire." National Fire Protection Association. Jan. 2009 <www.nfpa.org>
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