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About Green Tree Partnerships

GTP: Supporting Students and Schools

In July 2006 the Green Tree School in Germantown launched Green Tree Partnerships, a new outreach service for the greater Philadelphia area. Since then, the GTP team has been busy working with schools, behavioral health agencies and community-based programs to find innovative ways to support students with behavioral challenges. In all its partnerships, GTP is committed to customizing its services to fit the unique needs of programs and their students. Recent GTP projects have included:

Two well-received conferences on Autism featuring keynote addresses by psychologist/author Dr. Robert Naseef and author/mother of Temple Grandin, Eustacia Cutler
All-faculty, all-day workshops in Pennsylvania and New Jersey schools on positive approaches to negative behaviors
Workshop series on understanding Asperger’s Syndrome at Green Tree’s campus
Ongoing onsite educational-behavioral consultation at charter schools within Philadelphia
Ongoing behavioral consultation at after school programs in Philadelphia
Program assessment and redesign at a special needs school
Training on behavioral support for students with autism in residential treatment

Green Tree Partnerships is under the direction of Dr. Tom Latus who started and managed an outreach program for a treatment center outside Boston that has provided services to over 150 New England schools. In addition to Dr. Latus' extensive experience in schools, GTP draws upon the outstanding clinical, educational, and administrative expertise of Green Tree’s seasoned staff and its wide network of consulting professionals. The GTP team is ready to provide a wide range of consultation and professional development services.

Consultation Services

Our consultants offer many years of experience and in-depth educational and clinical expertise. The Green Tree approach is collaborative and data-driven, always aimed at achieving results. We work with educators to create interventions that solve seemingly intractable problems. Principals, teachers, parents, and students have all benefited from interventions and programs that Green Tree consultants have designed. In many cases, the work of GTP consultants has helped turn around situations of failure and prevented unnecessary—and costly—out-of-district placements. For more details, go to Consultation Services.

Professional Development Services

Green Tree Partnerships offers conferences, workshops and courses to assist schools in meeting the needs of students with challenging behaviors, Autistic Spectrum Disorders, and Severe Emotional Disorders. Our instructors are highly-experienced professionals with in-depth knowledge of best educational and clinical practices. Green Tree Partnerships customizes all workshops to fit the goals and schedules of its partner agencies. See Professional Development Services for a listing of workshop options. Go to News & Events to learn about upcoming conferences and workshops open to the public.