| Promoting the educational and emotional development of young children | ||
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The Harris School offers a specialized curriculum for bright children in preschool through grade 8 whose neurological difficulties or emotional concerns interfere with their ability to succeed in mainstream classrooms. By helping them and their parents at an early age, they will grow to reach their full potential. More than 90% of Harris School children return successfully to mainstream schools. | |
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Pre-Kindergarten Kindergarten/Readiness Primary (grades 1-3) Intermediate (grades 4-8) |
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The Girls-Only Club | |
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This club emphasizes self esteem, career choices, and interests for girls with the help of guest speakers and volunteers. |
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After School Clubs | |
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These clubs, the Social Skills Club, the Gardening Club, and Yoga, work on improving social and physical skills with school peers during afterschool hours. We also have an after school study hall from 4-5 P.M. |
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Research Interests | |
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The Harris School provides a research and training laboratory for studying how to better help young children, especially those who are intellectually gifted. Other research interests that have evolved naturally out of our experience are 1) how to better support girls' emotional development and 2) the special contributions fathers make to their children's emotional life. |
| Reaching out to school educators to offer mental health expertise, guidance, and support | ||
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On
site consultation to early education professionals such as teachers
and school directors On site visits with education specialists such as directors and assistants at childcare centers Monthly mental health workgroups for preschool and lower school directors and teachers Special projects Outreach conferences for preschool and primary school educators |
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Through its outreach conferences the THS offers training opportunities to mental health professionals and others in the community interested in mental health issues. These have featured nationally-prominent speakers and are free and open to clinicians, educators, and the public. In October 2000, Judith Wallerstein presented the findings of her 20 year study on the effects of divorce, as featured on the cover of Time, on the Today show, and in The New York Times. Other speakers have come from Michigan, California, and Washington, DC. |
| Providing assessment and treatment by experienced clinicians who specialize in helping children, adolescents, and their families | ||
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Psychological
and educational assessments Family Consultant sessions Parenting Group sessions Mother-Toddler groups Child and adolescent psychotherapy Child and adolescent psychoanalysis Psychotherapy and psychoanalysis referrals for parents and other adults |
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| Providing for the future care of young children and adolescents by training mental health professionals who can support their educational and emotional development | ||
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Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy Training Program of HGPI | |
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Experienced, licensed mental health professionals may receive advanced training in working with children, adolescents and families as Fellows in the Child Psychotherapy Training Program of the Houston-Galveston Psychoanalytic Institute. Significant clinical experience is provided through THS's programs. |
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Child & Adolescent Psychoanalysis Training Program of HGPI | |
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Experienced, licensed mental health professionals may receive the highest level of training when they are admitted into the Child & Adolescent Psychoanalysis Program of the Houston-Galveston Psychoanalytic Institute. |
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Educator Training Program | |
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Teachers, preschool and school directors, guidance counselors, childcare professionals, and other educators receive training in helping preschool, elementary and middle school children perform up to their potential in mainstream schools. Harris School teachers and clinicians offer assistance on-site at requesting schools and child care centers. Teachers from these programs are also invited to observe at The Harris School which serves as a training site for working with young children suffering from emotional distress. |
CONTACT
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900 Lovett Boulevard
Houston, TX 77006
713-526-2046
FAX: 713-526-9126
info@theharrisschool.com
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Harris School gratefully acknowledges the support of the American Legion Child Welfare Foundation in the development of this website |
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