Union Day School
| 8735 Cincinnati-Dayton Rd |
| West Chester, Ohio 45069 |
Jim Skoog - Supervisor 513-785-6904 skoogj@bcesc.org
Dennis Smith - Assistant Principal 513-785-6915 smithd@bcesc.org
Butler County Educational Service Center (ESC) has entered into a collaborative partnership with Talbert House, an experienced mental health service agency, to serve children and adolescents who are experiencing serious emotional, behavioral and/or academic problems. Students at Union Day School participate in specialized programs that integrate their school and therapeutic services to improve treatment and academic success so as to foster their social, emotional, behavioral and educational development.
Union Day School is located in the former Lakota School District Union Elementary School building on Cincinnati-Dayton Road in West Chester that has been leased to the Butler County ESC. Butler County ESC provides the teaching staff and the building supervisor and Talbert House the treatment personnel. Students must be placed in the programs at Union Day School by their school district. Transportation to the Union Day School programs is provided through each student’s school district.
Union Day School programs strive to develop a positive, therapeutic environment that includes the family and the educational and behavioral health staff as partners. Case Managers will maintain communication and support to the home. Therapeutic interventions provided follow a nationally recognized social-learning, cognitive-behavioral milieu management model.
Union Day School provides three levels of therapeutic and educational programming:
EIT: Education with Intensive Treatment Services: (children ages 6-14)
This program level serves children and young adolescents experiencing serious emotional and behavioral problems who cannot be served effectively in regular school settings or with outpatient counseling. Students participate in individual and group therapy and related therapeutic activities the majority of their school day. The education component focuses on the Ohio Department of Education Academic Standards. In addition in-home family counseling and support is provided to improve child and family behavior management skills, and ultimately to transition the child to less restrictive academic environment.
EIS: Education with In-Classroom Support: (children ages 6-14)
In this program level, the student is primarily assigned to the classroom setting. Students continue to participate in some individual and group therapy, but the primary therapeutic focus is to assist classroom educators to develop intervention plans to improve in-school behavior, and expand the child’s independent behavior management and problem solving skills. This program level assists the student in managing disruptive behaviors so as to successfully transition to a less restrictive academic environment in a regular school setting.
Progressive Program: (students grades 7-12)
Students referred to the Progressive Program are experiencing significant social, behavioral and/or academic problems. The Progressive Program is an appropriate educational alternative to school suspension, expulsion or withdrawal for some students. Students may be enrolled on a short-term or long term basis. This program enables students to complete course credits needed to fulfill academic requirements including high school graduation and successful completion of the Ohio Graduation Tests. When appropriate, students are transitioned back to their home district schools. Student and family mental health services are available on an as-needed, requested basis to ameliorate behavioral health symptoms that act as barriers to academic performance in their placement.
Referral Information:
Parents and Guardians should contact their school district where they live for more detailed enrollment information to any Union Day School program.
