Boulder Institute for Psychotherapy and Research

Boulder Therapeutic Preschool

The mission of the Preschool Project is to provide early intervention for emotionally disturbed children ages two and a half to six years old in a therapeutic preschool setting.

The Preschool will offer a protective environment where children can make positive gains across all dimensions of learning and social-emotional development, and foster overall improvement in child and family functioning.

Core services provided by the Preschool:

• group milieu, individual and family therapies
• occupational therapy
• speech therapy
• psychiatric consultation
• psychological assessment
• a structure for coordinating with other agencies involved with children and their families.

Goals

Prepare children emotionally and developmentally for their first year of school.

Empower children to lead lives that do not result in additional intensive mental health treatment or negative interaction with the criminal justice system.

Background

This project derives from our growing understanding of the developing brain, the neurobiology of attachment, and the importance of early interpersonal experience in personality development. Recent clinical research demonstrates both the damaging impact of trauma and neglect on the brain as well as the potential for treatment to repair this damage.

Early intervention is the key to ending intergenerational cycles of abuse and domestic violence.

In a time when violence in the schools is reported regularly, programs such as these have enormous implications not only for the individual and family, but also for society at large.

Awards & Recognition

Boulder Therapeutic Preschool won a  Challenge Grant from the Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation for $25,000, for the development and start-up of the Boulder Therapeutic Preschool.

Donate, receive Tax Credit!

All donations targeted for the Boulder Therapeutic Preschool are eligible for the Colorado Child Care Contribution Tax Credit (50% Income Tax Credit).