About the Adolescent Day Treatment Program, PS 721M

The Adolescent Day Treatment program, PS 721M, is a highly intensive therapeutic collaborative setting between the Puerto Rican Family Institute and the Board of Education designed to target primarily Latino youth with a history of severe emotional problems. The 6th, 7th or 8th grade students in this setting are provided with additional classroom support and psychotherapy treatment. Services include individual, group and family therapy, psycho-pharmacology, crisis intervention, diagnostic assessments and treatment planning, Board of Education standards based curriculum, psychiatric and psychological evaluations. Once admitted, ongoing contact with family members helps to ensure the continued promotion of the health and well-being of the child. The program's maximum capacity of 20 students allows us the opportunity to respond to the individual needs of the child.