Foundations for Building Successful Students

Welcome to LifeWorks Schools, a network of coed residential and day schools for students in elementary, middle, and high school. Our mission is to provide intensive therapeutic programming in an environment that inspires academic success and personal growth.

Foundations for Building Student Success

Welcome to the LifeWorks Schools, a network of coed residential and day schools for students in elementary, middle and high school. Our mission is to provide intensive therapeutic programming in an environment that inspires academic success and personal growth. We serve the academic, behavioral and counseling needs of students through a spectrum of tailored programs. Our students can learn skills, values and principles they can apply beyond the classroom.

About LifeWorks School

LifeWorks Schools are a network of private, academic schools that serve the academic, behavioral and counseling needs of middle and high school students through a spectrum of innovative programs. Our students take ownership of the learning process and come to appreciate their individuality through skills, values and principles they can apply beyond the classroom.

HOURS & LOCATION

LifeWorks School operates on a school calendar of 180 student days, with daily school hours, Monday – Friday, from 8:30 am to 2:30 pm. LifeWorks School can also provide an Extended School Year (ESY) for students that require a summer program. Our main location is located on the Foundations Behavioral Health campus in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, but we have other locations around the state with alternative focuses.

Academic Programs

LifeWorks accepts students who need a small, structured learning environment. Across our school locations, we are able to serve students from 1st to 12th grade.

Programs and services may vary by location, but our goal remains the same: each student will develop the necessary skills to maximize their potential.

Our programming can help with:

• Social skills
• Decision making
• Anger management
• Coping skills
• Self-regulation
• Anxiety and depression reduction
• Suicide prevention
• Healthy relationships and family systems
• School refusal
• Self-esteem
• Trauma, grief and loss

Specialized Programs

Emotional and Learning Support Program

The Emotional/Learning Support Program offers a robust curriculum based on Common Core and Pennsylvania Department of Education State Standards. Through academic instruction and counseling support services, students can improve academic success, develop positive coping and leadership skills, gain positive socialization and interpersonal skills and reduce behavioral health symptoms.

Autism Spectrum Disorder Program

Our autism programs provide research-based behavioral analysis and educational programs to middle and high school students. We utilize a behavior improvement system guided by the principles of applied behavior analysis and positive behavior supports. Students participate in a variety of functional and meaningful activities to enhance their ability to live and work independently.

Internalizing and School Refusal Behavior Program

We provide a small, structured and secure classroom environment designed to provide emotional support to students with anxiety or mood disorders. We match motivation and capability to increase student attendance, educational and socio-emotional achievement.

Externalizing and Conduct Disorder Program

This program focuses on skill development in the areas of problem-solving, anger management, accepting responsibility, social skills and communication skills. Emphasis is placed on teaching students to understand their feelings, solve problems, resolve conflict and mirror appropriate assertiveness.

Extended School Year

We help students in grades 1 through 12 who need a structured and compassionate learning environment with a small student-to-staff ratio. The Extended School Year (ESY) program is open to all students with ESY indicated on their Individualized Education Plan (IEP). These students may have academic or emotional challenges that require a structured summer program to minimize regression during the summer break. The ESY program is a six-week program that operates from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., four days a week.

Residential School Program

Foundations offers Academic and Behavioral Health Services to male and female students between the ages of 12 and 21 who fall under the following classifications:

• Autism
• Emotional disturbance
• Learning disabilities
• Intellectual disabilities
• Multiple disabilities

Always Here to Help

Masters-level clinicians are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to provide a no-cost, confidential mental health assessment for your child or client. Call the Foundations Behavioral Health Clinical Assessment Center at 215-345-0444 to get started. For questions about our programs, call us or use our online contact form. In the case of a medical emergency or crisis, please dial 911 or go to the nearest emergency room.