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Testimonials

"I have contracted with James Levine & Associates, P.C. since 2001 to provide ongoing professional development and consultation services concerning mental health issues, behavior management, autism, early childhood trauma, psychological evaluations, and clinical support services in two different school systems. The quality of the services provided cannot be matched. Systemic change happens when the right supports are put in place.

Since taking a new position at Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School District (in Cape Cod) I have continued to use JLA. We plan to increase these services through video-conferencing technology next year to minimize travel time and maximize cost-effectiveness. I firmly believe that our professionals and paraprofessionals need the level of expertise, experience and creativity that JLA has in order to improve our practice and services for children."

"I have worked with James Levine & Associates, P.C. for the past 7 years…JLA has proven invaluable in providing consultation to me at the district level, as well as to our teachers and families. This support has allowed us to meet the diverse needs of students with emotional, behavioral, and cognitive disabilities, as well as students on the autism spectrum ... I have turned to JLA often ... In tough financial times, districts often look first to reduce consultation services.

I have resisted eliminating the support from JLA because I believe that their support has allowed us to improve programming in-district, thereby reducing the number of students we have needed to place in out-of-district placements."

"The Lower Pioneer Valley Educational Collaborative has partnered with James Levine and Associates, P.C. for over 10 years. JLA provides and supports LPVEC with: High quality, embedded professional development; improved teaching and learning in the classroom for students with diverse and exceptional learning needs; coaching for teachers in the development and implementation of effective behavioral supports; fostering productive parent-teacher-student networks; evaluation of programs and their effectiveness; developing evidence based program improvement plans and plan development oversight.

As a result of the partnership, LPVEC has created evidence based programs and services. JLA focuses on building the capacity of the faculty and leadership in the schools, districts, and programs that it serves. Our experience has shown us that JLA is a valuable partner in providing effective and efficient educational services. The staff at JLA are ready to address the specific needs of their clients. They exhibit ethics, competence, and superlative professionalism. JLA is a responsible and responsive agency that continues to play an important role in our organization’s development."

"James Levine & Associates, P.C. had been consulting at my school for about 5 years before I arrived as principal. As the new administrator I felt the obligation to evaluate the merits of preexisting outside consultants.

I quickly discovered what a tremendous asset Dr. Levine was, and the strong clinical experience that he brought to our students and staff. Schools need to spend their limited resources wisely and contracting with JLA has proven to be one of our wisest investments."

"We began utilizing James Levine & Associates, P.C. in 2005 when we decided that we were tired of “putting out fires” and wanted to take a proactive approach to the increasing behavioral and social/emotional concerns we had with our students ... Last year the Connecticut Department of Children and Families (DCF) recognized the importance and need for mental health services for preschool age children by awarding a grant that we used to add additional consultation service time ... we were also able to obtain stimulus money which we used to increase our services ... because of these services, at our tri-annual federal review, we received a 'strength' rating in the area of mental health services. The federal reviewers were impressed with the development of our proactive approach to mental health services, resulting in more positive outcomes for children, families, and staff."

About JLA & Our Clinicians

School administrators face a myriad of children’s behavioral, social-emotional and mental health issues every day. James Levine & Associates, P.C., (JLA) provides affordable solutions that are highly effective, with a school-wide as well as individualized student approach to managing challenging behavior. Our models of behavioral intervention and classroom modifications lead to improved test scores while reducing drop-out rates, grade retention and expulsions. This leads to better student performance and an enhanced learning and social environment for everyone.

Our company provides both on-site and videoconferencing consultation to school teachers, in-district behaviorists, counselors, psychologists, and administrators to deliver on-going support and to insure the integrity and effectiveness of our models.

Services are individually tailored according to the needs of each school district.

The JLA models of intervention cover an extensive range of topics such as:

Staff training for understanding children's challenging behaviors.
Safety concerns and approaches for de-escalating crisis situations.
Evidence-based approaches for creating a bullying-free environment – focused on social skills and character development.
Ways to help children with trauma, disruptive behavioral disorders, anxiety and other mood disorders, learning disabilities, executive functioning deficits, neurological disorders including ADHD and Tourette’s Syndrome, and autism spectrum disorders.
How to develop and maintain successful Positive Behavior Support Plans.

Our strategies are effective at helping school districts meet the standards set by the Department of Education with regard to special education audits as well as state and regional accreditation reviews.

Our staff of licensed clinicians brings practical and theoretical knowledge that works. JLA is directed by James E. Levine, Ph.D., LICSW, a long-time consultant to schools, lecturer and author of the book “Learning from Behavior: How to understand and help “challenging” children in school,” which is now published internationally and available in paperback. Stuart Singer, M.Ed, a former high school guidance director and special education director, oversees our delivery of services.

Our lead consultants include Johanna Hammer, LICSW, Kathleen Salomone, Ed.D., Alice Barber, ATR, LMHC, Alison Berman, LICSW, Simon Taylor, LICSW, Arthur Friedman, Ph.D., LICSW, and James Levine, Ph.D., LICSW founder and director of JLA.

Some Supporting Research:

Students who receive social-emotional support and prevention services achieve better in school (Greenberg et., 2003; Welsh et al., 2001; Zins et al., 2004).

Expanded school mental health services in elementary schools have been found to reduce special education referrals, improve aspects of the school climate (Bruns et al., 2004) and produce declines in disciplinary referrals, suspensions, grade retention, and special education referrals and placement among at-risk students (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2005b).

School-based mental health programs for elementary school children experiencing severe emotional and behavioral difficulties have demonstrated reductions in conduct disordered behavior, attention deficit/hyperactivity, and depression (Hussey & Guo, 2003).