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Texas
Hill Country School
Maxwell, Texas
Joanne M. McGee, Ph.D. - Head of School
866-893-8247
The Texas
Hill Country School “specializes in working with middle and high
school students with mood disorders, psychotic disorders, acquired
brain injury, and a host of other developmental, neurological and
psychological difficulties.” They enroll both residential and day
students who have had difficulties in traditional classroom settings.
Approved by the Texas Education Agency as a non-public school,
the school’s certified teachers have specialized training in acquired
brain injury and work with school districts to develop an Individual
Education Plan (IEP) to ensure the students objectives are met. Goal
oriented individualized instruction is offered that addresses developmental
skills and educational deficiencies along with pre-vocational training.
Mentors guide the students and the faculty emphasizes healthy self-images,
social awareness and the meaning of making contributions to one’s peers.
The Texas Hill Country School teaches its students to succeed through
the setting of personal goals, the discovery of personal resources,
and the development of the critical thinking skills necessary to make
positive choices. Dedicated to the development and education of the
whole child, they empower their students to acquire the greatest degree
of self-sufficiency possible.
They also offer educational, brain injury seminars throughout the year
in the United States and in Canada. One such seminar,
Scholarly Pursuits, is specifically designed for educators and families
to address the impact brain injury has on students, while also providing
intervention strategies to meet the special needs of the student with
a brain-injury or other neurological disability in order to better
insure that their return to school is a success. Their brain injury
seminars are listed on their web
site. They also publish the periodical, Premier Outlook,
on a quarterly basis, which deals with the topic of brain injury.
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