Sarah Reed Children’s Center provides a comprehensive continuum of programs and services for children throughout their development and across all environments, including the home, school, and community settings. Our service continuum provides trauma-informed, high-quality, and evidence-based therapeutic programming to children across Erie County.
What is the Therapeutic Social Emotional Learning Classroom (TSELC)?
This program is a district support and placement option that supports FAPE, LRE decision-making, and instructional access. We provide trauma-informed care enhanced using the Sanctuary® Model.
TSELC provides a small classroom setting with therapeutic support designed to:
- Enhance emotional regulation
- Build transferrable skills
- Prepare student for successful transition
Who is the TSELC for?
Students in grades 1-12 within a low average/average intellectual range whose emotional or behavioral needs significantly impede educational progress.
How do I refer to TSELC?
Referral is initiated by the school district to a contracted seat.
What is the process after a referral is submitted?
Registration will be coordinated with the school district and the student’s family.
- Students will remain enrolled at their home school.
- Transportation will be provided by the district.
- Progress Reviews will be held quarterly.
- The home school district retains IEP responsibility and oversight.
- Program teachers from the IU5 will conduct ongoing progress monitoring and added as contributors at IEP review.
What is the Therapeutic Education Plan (TEP)?
- Individualized academic and social-emotional goals
- Data-informed progress monitoring
- Regular team review with district and family collaboration
- Transition planning integrated into goal development
INSTRUCTIONAL MODEL
- Highly structured, predictable classroom environment
- Academic instruction aligned to district curriculum and IEP goals
- Social-emotional skill instruction embedded throughout the instructional day
- Instruction modified to support engagement and readiness to learn
THERAPEUTIC SUPPORTS
- Clinical and Case Management Services
- Family consultation
- Classroom consultation
- Conduct FBAs
- Crisis Support
- Check in/Check out (CICO)
- Group Therapy
- Referral for additional services
- Optional on-site outpatient mental health services (Services coordinated with guardian consent)
- Outpatient Therapy
- Medication Management
OUR TOOLS
Sanctuary® at Sarah Reed
The Sanctuary® Model is an organizational and treatment intervention based on the tenets of trauma theory
and an understanding of systems theory.
The Seven Commitments
The philosophical underpinnings of the Sanctuary® Model are reflected in seven simple commitments, the seven things that all staff and clients must agree to in order to create a community that helps people heal from traumatic experiences and chronic stress. A commitment to Non-Violence, Shared Governance, Open Communication, Social Responsibility, Emotional Intelligence, Social Learning, and Growth and Change.
Treatment and Service Planning
All members of the team work together to develop a strength-based treatment or service plan of goals, objectives, and strategies to promote growth and change. Everyone has a voice, input, and responsibilities.
S.E.L.F. (Safety, Emotion, Loss, Future) in Our Setting
S.E.L.F. Psychoeducation is the tool we use to teach about trauma and strategies to promote success through the S.E.L.F. components and philosophy.
Community Meeting
During community meeting everyone answers questions about their emotions, goals, and social supports. All clients and staff review daily to promote open communication and emotional intelligence.
Contact Information
Hamilton Campus
2931 Harvard Rd.
Erie, PA 16508
Amy Frazao, Education Director
814-835-3110
afrazao@sarahreed.org
Kevin Dildine, Program Supervisor
814-835-2869
kdildine@sarahreed.org