The Webb Schools: CREST (Cognitive Rehabilitation and Educational Skills Training)

The CREST program is a unique, multidisciplinary, special education program for adolescents who have a diagnosis within the psychotic spectrum.  Students who have been unable to profit from education, even within a highly structured academic setting, are referred by their school district.  The low stimulus environment is intensively staffed (approximately 2 to 1 programming ratio) to provide intensive support while maintaining students within a community atmosphere.
Hours: 8:30 AM - 2:15 PM (except 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM, 1st Thursday of each month)

Professionals support students and their families in understanding and compensating for symptoms of their illness.  CREST specifically addresses the emotional, cognitive, and motivational issues of the student with psychotic illness through:

• Special education

• Therapeutic intervention (individual, group, family support)

• Psychiatric consultation/medication monitoring

• Specific cognitive rehabilitation (as clinically indicated)

• Occupational therapy (individual evaluation/group)

• Motivational exercise

• Vocational readiness and life skills

• Family support and education

• Individual evaluations, as needed

Program Day - while programs are individualized, a typical day may include:

Information and Referrals:  School Administrator (860) 545-7094
Appropriateness of students for this program is determined by the CREST program admissions team listed below:

Kikke Levin-Gerdner, M.Ed., Director, The Webb Schools

Linda Kapitan, Administrator, Grace S. Webb School High School

Nora Hanna, M.D., Staff Psychiatrist

MaryAnne Lothstein, Ph.D., Psychologist, Webb Schools Clinical Coordinator

Lawrence Haber, Ph.D. Director, Family Resource Center

James Seltzer, Ph.D. Senior Consultant, Schizophrenia Resource Center

Larysa Wysznewskyj, L.C.S.W., Program Social Worker

Linda Bosnak, B.A., Program Teacher

Greg Walsh, B.S., Program Teacher

Charles Caley, Pharm. D., BCPP, Psychopharmacology Consultant

Patricia Scoville, R.N., School Nurse

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