Eths Day School

ETHS Therapeutic Day School uses a specialized, supportive setting that integrates academic instruction with therapeutic services for students whose emotional, behavioral, or mental health needs interfere with learning in a traditional environment. The program emphasizes small, structured classes with individualized academic and social-emotional supports to build coping skills, self-advocacy, and readiness to succeed at ETHS and beyond.

ETHS Day School (Therapeutic Day School) does not use a traditional “apply/admissions” process; students attend by referral only, based on recommendations from the student’s IEP team and eligibility for special education services in a smaller, structured therapeutic setting. The pathway typically starts with a special education referral for evaluation initiated by a parent/guardian or school staff when a disability may be impacting learning; ETHS reviews existing information and can only evaluate with parent/guardian consent. The evaluation may include classroom observations, academic assessments, and input from teachers and parents, followed by an eligibility meeting where the IEP team and family determine whether the student meets criteria for special education services and, if eligible, develop an IEP outlining supports/services (including potential Day School placement). The website does not list fixed application deadlines or a Day School waitlist; instead, key cadence items noted are that services begin after the IEP is written and agreed upon, the IEP team meets at least annually, and reevaluations occur at least every three years. No priority categories (e.g., lottery, sibling, neighborhood) are described; placement is individualized through the IEP process rather than prioritized admissions.