While the residential programs operates 52 weeks a year, the academic program operates 216 days out of the year, with six vacation weeks. Students, in accordance with their Treatment Plans and with Treatment Team approval, may go home or to an approved visiting resource at these times. Students remaining at the program follow a structured recreational schedule.
HEC handles transportation arrangements for regular students’ vacations. Clinicians or Case Managers notify parents/guardians, and funding agencies, as necessary, of upcoming vacations and arrange transportation schedules with parents/guardians or visiting resources.
Although they should be minimized, if possible, alternative or additional visits home may be arranged between the student’s Clinician and the parent/guardian. Alternative or additional visits require administrative approval.
Whenever a student is on a home visit, HEC provides the parent/guardian with a telephone number to call for assistance in an emergency. Home visit emergency phone numbers and procedures are also included in the Parent / Guardian Handbook.