The Day School Program

The Charles F. Hayden School provides comprehensive educational and clinical day treatment services to a diverse student population ranging in ages from 6 to 15. The school provides a safe nurturing environment where students experience emotional, behavioral, and academic growth with the ultimate goal of a successful return to a mainstream environment.

The Charles F. Hayden School is a progressive integrated learning model designed to provide a rich multidisciplinary curriculum aligned with the Connecticut Frameworks and designed to provide the students with the skills necessary to be successful in a school setting. Our curriculum incorporates specialized reading and mathematics programs. Our classrooms maintain a low student to adult ratio, generally with a teacher and paraprofessional in a classroom of eight students.

In order to address the social/emotional needs of our children we utilize the Boys Town “Specialized Classroom Management” model for teaching social and behavioral skills.  The goal of this nationally recognized model is to empower the students to assume responsibility for managing their own behavior and to decrease the external structure as students develop self control and appropriate school behaviors.

The school provides a full range of clinical services utilizing specialized approaches including Adventure Based Counseling. Each child’s treatment team is comprised of a social worker, teacher, paraprofessional, and behaviorist. Our girls and boys also have the opportunity to participate in various experiential activities such as Project Adventure, Green House, a high ropes course and hippotherapy. This program accepts day students who have been referred by school districts.

For more information, contact Director of Education Catherine Murphy-Brooks at (203) 882-5892 x 133, or email Catherine at: brooksc@bgvillage.org.

Accreditation & Affiliations

The Charles F. Hayden School at Boys & Girls Village is accredited through the state Department of Education for its day school programs for boys and girls ages 6-15 years. The agency recently secured a five-year accreditation extension through June 30, 2012 for its Hayden School program.

Boys & Girls Village is accredited through the state Department of Children & Families (DCF) for its emergency shelter, safe home, foster home and adoptive family services to serve children at-risk and their families in Connecticut.