The Saint Basil Academy Residential program has been operating for over seventy five years. The Residential staff are responsible for the everyday living of Saint Basil Academy’s resident children and take on a parental supportive role for the children. Each child is given access to needed resources. Evening Vesper services allow the children the chance to learn and live in an Orthodox Christian environment.
A typical day consists of helping the children meet their educational, recreational and spiritual needs. The program is made up of a behavior modification program which holds the children accountable for both positive and negative behavior. We also teach and use Therapeutic Crisis Intervention, a program that was designed and taught by Cornell University as part of the New York State Office of Children and Family Services. Each staff member has been certified in the Therapeutic Crisis Intervention program. All students in the Academy live in a dorm. There are seven different dorms here on campus, four for the girls and three for the boys. Some students have their own rooms and some have a roommate.
Common areas are rooms that are shared by all the students, like the television room, the kitchen and bathrooms. The Bridge Program has a male and female dorm for the post high school residents. The children have twenty-four hour residential counselors when not in school. The dorm is their home and they are able to personalize their rooms. The daily schedule includes study time in the Learning Center, a weekday Chapel Service, recreation, chores, clean up and sleep. The weekends include excursions to local parishes, recreation on campus with monthly young adult Saturday activities, shopping, movies and many
