Pendleton Academies

Therapeutc Boarding School & Residential Treatment Center

Pendleton Academies Program Information

Gender: Coeducational
Ages: 5 to 17
Grades: K - 12
Estimated Enrollment: 80
Length of Stay:
Program was founded in: 1989
Accreditations:

• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
• State of Oregon Department of Human Services
• Oregon Department of Education
• Northwest Association of Accredited Schools (NAAS)

Affiliations:

• NATSAP-Full Member
• American Association of Children's Residential Centers
• Children's Array of Residential and Psychiatric Programs
• Alliance for Children and Families
• Oregon Family Support Network
• Oregon Alliance of Children's Programs

Pendleton Academies Contact Information

Address:
622 Airport Road
Pendleton, OR 97801
Phone: (541) 276-0057
Fax: (541) 276-1704
Email: tedvalson@pendletonacademies.org
Website: www.pendletonacademies.org
School Contact: Gannett Pitkin
Alternative Contact: Terry Edvalson
Therapy Provided?: Yes

Program Description:

Pendleton Academies provides individualized treatment and educational services to children ages five to 17 years of age that have multiple and severe psychiatric, emotional, and behavioral disabilities for the purpose of promoting increased success in family, school, and community.

Pendleton Academies prides itself on its success in helping children who have had difficulty in their families, schools, and communities get a new start. Their diagnoses often include:

• Anxiety disorders


• Attention-deficit and disruptive behavior disorders


• Bi-polar disorders


• Depressive disorders


• Pervasive developmental disorders


• Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders

The behaviors the children may be exhibiting when they are admitted include:

• having made a serious suicide attempt or are considered to be actively suicidal


• having been or may be harmful to others


• demonstrating aggressiveness in school, home, or community


• having run away from home


• demonstrating sexual, fire setting, or other dangerous behaviors


• showing psychotic or organic symptoms


• having mild substance abuse with needs far exceeding a family’s resources

Care is provided in the least restrictive residential setting both in our secure facility and in the homes of highly trained therapeutic families in the Pendleton area.

Children are provided individual, small group, equine, art, recreational, and occupational therapies.



Pendleton Academies serves the unique academic, physical, social and emotional needs of students who are in a special and critical period of their lives. The school staff, as part of the treatment team, is committed to creating and maintaining a trusting, caring, and supportive environment that promotes academic excellence, encourages social development, fosters emotional well-being, and instills a passion for life-long learning. Each child’s individually tailored education program combines fun with grade- and achievement-level appropriate academic work, credit recovery, opportunities for social growth, and life skills development activities.

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