2. • 45 – 90 day crisis stabilization and assessment program
with 24 hour intakes.
• Comprehensive assessments including
neuropsychological, psychiatric, psychopharmacological,
behavioral and academic, including learning disabilities.
• School program that provides academic credit.
3. • A private residential treatment center in the Greater
Boston area for clinically complex and treatment resistant
adolescent girls.
4. • Under his leadership, Germaine Lawrence has enabled
countless girls to have an otherwise unreachable
opportunity for a safe and productive future.
5. • All clinicians are masters level and provide the Dialectical
Behavioral Therapy (DBT) Skills Group.
• Weekly individual therapy, and group therapy 3
days/week.
• Extensive family services including in-home and on-site
family therapy, parent training and coaching, and family
weekends.
6. • We serve girls ages 12-18 who are diagnostically
complex and psychiatrically fragile.
7. • Pam oversees all marketing and fundraising ventures
and is passionate about developing connections between
Germaine Lawrence and donors, referrers, other schools
and allies.
8. • Rigorous academic program that conforms with the
Massachusetts curriculum frameworks.
• High level of special education support and
accommodation in small class sizes.
• Core subjects are supplemented by physical
education, art and culinary arts electives.
• SAT and other college prep.
• Additional academics available at area schools, including
Harvard Extension School.
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13. • We provide comprehensive assessments for all
students, including recommendations for placement
options.
• Some students stay with us solely for the assessment
period while others complete their treatment at the Merck
Center.
• We are accredited by the Council on Accreditation.
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16. • We provide a 3:1 student to staff ratio, awake overnight
staff and 7 day/week nursing staff.
• Board certified child psychiatrists are available 5
days/week.
• An adolescent physician from Boston Children’s Hospital
holds a clinic on-campus weekly.
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19. • Competitive sports teams, including
soccer, basketball, flag football and softball.
• Fitness center with aerobic and strength building
equipment.
• Expressive arts program, including art, music, and
drama.
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25. • She says; "Many times you not only reflect on the
lessons you taught the girls that day, but also the lessons
the girls instilled in you about patience, compassion, and
resiliency."
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28. • The Merck Center specializes in girls with:
Reactive Attachment Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
Borderline Personality Traits
Medically fragile, including girls w/eating
disorders, diabetes or asthma
Trauma
Clinical Depression w/suicidal ideation
Alcohol or Drug Use
