Since 1997, our founders and faculty have been steadfast in one mission:
Behavioral Health Associates empowers students by providing comprehensive and compassionate educational and mental health resources for all students, regardless of their circumstances.
How we approach this incredible task changes constantly. At the heart of every decision we make is each student that comes to BHA. We strive to give each of them exactly what he or she needs to become a confident, happy, lifelong learner and a cherished member of society. They are what drives our choices for how we design curriculum, how we train our teachers, how we strengthen the brain, how we hire employees, and so much more.
We Believe That:
Our commitment to a child’s healthy social & emotional well-being goes hand-in-hand with their academic success. We strive to create an environment where students feel safe, valued, connected, and secure, empowering them to take risks and become confident independent members of our community.
It takes a village (or, in this case, a dynamic and comprehensive system of resources).
Through a dynamic process informed by parents, teachers, counselors, data, and student performance, we can identify and provide each child with what she or he most needs in order to optimize performance in both academic and social/emotional realms and become strong self advocates and lifelong learners.
It is our duty to meet students where they are in life.
Our diagnostic, prescriptive, multisensory, student-centered teaching guides our decisions about how to give each child what she or he most needs, including capitalizing on students’ strengths and addressing learning struggles.
Such a system starts with us.
Educators themselves are lifelong learners with the power to change the lives of students by instilling a growth mindset for learning. We execute all of these beliefs through our educational and mental health programs.
