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A program offering on-site therapy started at Girard College in 2021 and is expanding to include Add B. Anderson School and Hardy B. Williams Mastery Charter School.
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Two schools in West Philadelphia soon will gain therapists to help students with mental health issues as part of an expanding program that was tested at Girard College over the last three years.
The program places clinicians from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia at schools to provide therapy during the day to students struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and behavioral issues. It is being expanded to include Add B. Anderson School, which has about 400 K-8 students, and Hardy B. Williams Mastery Charter School, which has about 575 elementary students.
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