Hillcrest Educational Centers

About Hillcrest Educational Centers

Hillcrest Educational Centers
Hillcrest Educational Centers is a private not-for-profit agency that provides a range of individualized and comprehensive clinical, psychological and special education services for children, adolescents and families in Berkshire County, MA and the Northeast. The students served by Hillcrest in nonresidential and residential programs have complex psychiatric, behavioral and/or developmental disorders, including autism, and a variety of high risk behaviors.

The programs and services at Hillcrest Educational Centers are state licensed and certified, and the agency is accredited in behavioral health care by the Joint Commission. Hillcrest EC programs include a therapeutic day education program, three residential treatment centers, and Hillcrest Psychological Services, which provides comprehensive testing and evaluation services for children, adolescents and adults. Hillcrest also operates Hillcrest Dental Care, a comprehensive family dental practice and the largest provider in Western Massachusetts of oral health care services for MassHealth recipients and special needs patients. In 2010, Hillcrest affiliated with Berkshire County Kid's Place & Violence Prevention Center, a fully accredited Children's Advocacy Center for victims of child abuse and domestic violence and their non-offending family members.

Mission
Our mission at Hillcrest Educational Centers is to facilitate the social, emotional, intellectual, and physical growth of our students through the development of new skills that will enable them to succeed in their home community.

Admissions Process
Referral to Hillcrest Educational Centers
To refer a child to Hillcrest Educational Centers, please be prepared to provide
the following information:

Psychosocial history.
Current psychiatric evaluation with diagnosis.
Current psychological evaluation.
Medical history and relevant medical information including but not limited to:
current physical exam, EKG, EEG, MRI (if applicable), dental, laboratory testing results (all blood and specimen test results available), audiological testing (if applicable).
Immunization history.
Fire setting evaluation, if applicable.
Sexual abuse/offender evaluation, if applicable.
Education history, current reports.
Current IEP, if applicable.
Results of most recent educational assessments, if available.
Speech & language pathology, and/or OT evaluations, if applicable/available.

If the child is currently in a treatment facility, or has recently been in a treatment facility,
the following information will also be necessary:

Current progress reports.
Most recent Treatment Plan.

Please contact the school directly for tuition rates!