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~ Euphonia and The flood, Mary Callhoun
Bellcate School, working with local school districts, enrolls a maximum of 30 students, ages 11-22. Since 2004, Bellcate has been an approved special education school that exists to serve students on IEP and 504 plans for the following disability categories:
- Emotional Disturbance
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Developmental Delay
- Specific Learning Disability
- Other Health Impairment
- Intellectual Disability
- Speech or Language Impairment
- Traumatic Brain Injury
Bellcate School utilizes a three-stage therapeutic model to support exploration, understanding and positive action. Our educational model provides best practices for achieving grade level proficiencies.
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Semester 2: Notes from the Operations Desk
Semester 2, during Covid, continues to challenge us at times but it has also brought opportunities for positive learning, growth and change. For example, during Covid we developed “Adventure Day.” Adventure Day is a full day of programming that is designed to access our natural and inspiring Vermont resources. Bellcate School has always been connected… Read more »
Bulldogs ’30 Nights of Fitness’
The Bellcate community is wrapping up its second version of “30 nights,” completing an intense workout series that brought laughs, tears of joy, hall of fame basketball players, a logger, the local news, a couple dentists, and a country music star. The fun began on Monday, January 4th. Aiden met Bellcate Athletic Director Jamie Moore… Read more »
WbcR Episode #22 – Hall of Fame
Here is our next installment of WbcR Episode #22 – “A Tribute to the 2020 Inductees of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”. This is our 1st Bellcate Remote broadcast and it will air on WBTV 99.3 FM on Saturday 5/16/20 at 8pm. Our DJ’s Matt, Marcus, Joe, and Dylan worked really hard on… Read more »
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Bellcate School utilizes a three-stage personal development model that draws on a number of effective theories and strategies. This is not a fixed system, but rather a way of understanding change within a context. Bellcate School understands growth and change to be a slow and challenging process for anyone.
Read more about our three-stage personal development model
Exploration
The primary focus of the exploration stage is to build a strong therapeutic relationship as a foundation to facilitate and support growth and change. We use nonjudgmental acceptance and communicate empathy, respect, and genuine care so students can come to accept themselves and unblock their own natural potential.
Understanding
Students are often ready to move into the Understanding Stage when they have developed strong, trusting, and safe therapeutic relationships with staff. The goal of this stage is to support students in constructing new insight and understanding. Staff assist students in determining their own role in their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
Action
Thoughts and behaviors are learned according to learning principles and thus can be changed using the same learning principles. In the Action Stage, staff assist students in making decisions that benefit themselves. Staff refer to the stages of change model as a resource to further understand where the student is in the change process.