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Work at the Therapeutic Teaching Model

A collaborative approach to education and healing for young children in need of intensive and integrated intervention

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What is the Therapeutic Teaching Model?

The Therapeutic Teaching Model is an intensive mental health intervention for children in grades K-3 who are receiving federal setting IV special education services through Intermediate School District 287.

Students in this program receive individual therapy, family therapy and milieu classroom therapy during their school days. We team with special education teachers and education support professionals to reach school goals and mental health treatment goals together. Our approach is innovative, effective, and honors family and culture.

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Internship Opportunity

We are currently accepting applications for the internship with the Therapeutic Teaching Model. Social work students looking for their foundation internship will be trained in the milieu approach, which teaches many clinical skills for seeing student needs and responding in ways that promote student regulation. Students looking for their clinical internship will start with learning the milieu treatment and then gain experience in evaluations, treatment planning and individual/family therapy sessions with a client or two as well. 

Internship Details

  • School-based role (New Hope or Richfield)
  • Federal setting level IV special education
  • Hours available M-F between ~8 a.m - 3 p.m.
  • Clients are mostly age 5-8 years old with severe fight/flight/freeze behavior
  • Intervention is intensive, most similar to day treatment level of service

Theory & Methods

  • Milieu utilizes best practices in trauma treatment, with special attention to attachment theory and child development
  • This role requires a high level of collaboration and communication with school staff around client needs

If you are interested in an internship with TTM, we'd love to hear from you! Please email Emily Link, internship coordinator, for more information and to express interest in this internship opportunity.

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Work at the Therapeutic Teaching Model

We have an opening for a full-time individual/family therapist position within the Therapeutic Teaching Model. Our therapists provide individual and family mental health treatment in school, home and virtual settings, as well as influence treatment goals and methods of the classroom therapeutic model through consultation. As a TTM therapist, you will join a team that supports innovation, high quality care, and the well-being of our clients as well as one another.

We are looking for someone with professional mental health experience (LICSW, LMFT or LPCC) working with children and their families. A master’s degree in social work, marriage and family therapy, psychology or clinical counseling is preferred, but practitioners are encouraged to apply.

If you are drawn to this role and the work we are doing in mental health, but your past professional experiences do not perfectly align, please apply. We would love to meet you.

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Learn more about the Therapeutic Teaching Model

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3 ways the Therapeutic Teaching Model helps kids with severe emotional and behavioral disorders heal

Four years ago, Dr. Benita Amedee and I helped develop an intensive mental health program called the Therapeutic Teaching Model for young children who were refe... Read the article »

This Intermediate School District 287 video describes the childhood trauma epidemic and the need for the Therapeutic Teaching Model.

About Wilder Community Mental Health and Wellness

The Amherst H. Wilder Foundation was formed more then a century ago to meet the social welfare needs of the greater Saint Paul metro area residents. We have adapted to community needs and changed our services over time to respond to what research informs us is most needed.

Wilder was one of the first organizations in the state of Minnesota to provide children's mental health care and we continue that care today. See all the way we support mental health and wellness for people and families. 

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