Gateway-Longview

Gateway- longview's educational services programs provide special education services for children, ages 3-21, who require a high degree of structure, individualized academics and intensive support services. Gateway-Longview is a new york state approved private school for special education students for whom the child's school district / county and parents require the intensity of services we offer. The program seeks to empower students to expand their sense of responsibility, improve their self-control and enhance their abilities to form and maintain appropriate relationships with peers and adults while increasing their academic abilities. The services include therapeutic preschool, day school and residential education. In our high school program, we were able to witness 6 seniors graduate successfully in june. Also during our 2023-2024 school year we completed renovations in our library media center, which redesigned the space into a more student-friendly environment. Programmatically, we continued to develop our new lego club and introduced new positive interventions in the form of music therapy and play therapy. During this time period, we also secured funding to provide each student with a new google chromebook to utilize during the school day. All of these changes should have a positive impact on student outcomes.

Gateway-Longview's community services programs are designed to strengthen and stabilize families. The programs include: foster care and adoption services; therapeutic foster care; preventive services; respite services; supervised independent living; therapeutic facilitated visitation; youth engagement and independent living; wendy's wonderful kids and parent training. The agency has achieved over 348% contacts with youth. Of the youth placed in kinship placements 50% of them were placed with grandparents. The kinship families achieved 158% contacts per month with their caseworker. In the agency's supervised independent living program 100% of the youth were offered individual hands on life skills training on a bi-weekly basis. In the parent training program, 100% of the participants who have completed the program have increased their knowledge in parenting skills. 100% of the participants completed their satisfaction surveys.in the visitation program, 100% of the time child's safety was maintained during the therapeutic visit. 100% of the participants completed satisfaction surveys. 89% of participants met their program goals in 3 months.

Gateway-Longview's residential programs are designed to strengthen families, provide guidance and support for teens and young adults. The goal is to improve the lives of children we serve while caring for them 24-hours-a-day to provide therapeutic intervention. Gateway-Longview's residential services include our changing attitudes and behaviors (cab), educational services, recreation department, spiritual life development, casey life skills training, independent living, and skill building to erie and surrounding counties. Gateway-Longview also provides an enhanced respite program on campus to work to prevent youth from entering foster care. While in care the youth were screened by nursing 100% of the time within 24 hours of admission. The agency is working to become restraint free and over the past year 91% of the days were restraint free. 100% of the youth participated in life skills training and 100% of the youth were offered and participated in individual, family and group counseling sessions. Family focus is key with parent peer support position working to be an advocate for the family to ensure their voice is heard. Individual and group support is offered for families.