• To help each disabled child or adolescent reach his/her inherent potential
• To help each child or adolescent to feel good about themselves and their accomplishments regardless of their disability
• To provide teachers, parents, and other caregivers with educational methods that will help them motivate and teach children the skills necessary to grow.

The services focus on:

• Each student's strengths, not weaknesses
• The use of positive motivators to help the student learn new skills and to control inappropriate behaviors
• Clinically proven methods of behavior change and educational instruction that have been successful in helping the disabled child and adolescent

School Based Services
The following services are offered to children, adolescents, and their families:

• Behavioral and learning skills assessments
• Student motivational assessments and intervention
• ADL skills assessment and programming
• Design and implementation of behavior change programs
• Teacher focused ABA skills training
• Clinical supervision and consultation to teachers dealing with dual diagnosed children, adolescents, and their families
• Consultation to teachers and school administrators regarding working with families
• Program assessment and evaluation
• Behavior management services to the inclusion classroom

Home Based Services
The following services are offered to children, adolescents, and their families:

• Behavioral assessments
• Design and implementation of behavior change programs
• Parent focused ABA skills training
• Parenting skills training
• Parent advocacy services
• Guardianship evaluations

Other Therapeutic Services

The New England Pastoral Institute offers several other therapeutic services:

• Child and adolescent individual psychotherapy
• Family systems psychotherapy
• Adult individual, couple, and group psychotherapy
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) psychotherapy

The focus of the Institute is to care for the emotional, intellectual, relational, and spiritual needs of children, adolescents, and their families. The goal is to integrate safe and effective clinical interventions with an individual or a family's spiritual tradition to promote healing and change. For those who do not wish to bring a spiritual dimension into the therapy, traditional forms of psychotherapy are also available. Professional services are provided by certified and licensed psychologists, pastoral psychotherapists, mental health counselors, and psychiatrists.