The Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation's Special Education Department provides staffing for three educational programs dealing with emotionally and behaviorally disordered students. They programs are housed within noneducational facilities.
Youth Day Treatment
The Youth Day Treatment Center is a joint venture between the Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation and the Southwestern Indiana Mental Health Center. Students are outpatients of the SWIMHC and are admitted to the program upon the recommendation of the case conference committee. The Youth Day Treatment Center's program is designed to meet the therapeutic and educational needs of students of ages 5 to 12. The center is staffed with therapists from the Mental Health Center and teaching staff from the Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation.
Psychiatric Children's Center
The Evansville Psychiatric Children Center is also a joint venture between the State of Indiana Mental Health Department and the Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation. Students ages 5 to 13 are admitted to the Center upon the recommendation of a physician or other mental health professionals. The Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation provides the teachers and the teacher assistants for the program. Students are residents of the center and are seen by other professional at the center during and after school hours.
The Learning Center
The Learning Center houses middle school and high school programs for students with emotional disabilities. The Learning Center provides a more restrictive placement than can be provided at a traditional public middle school or high school. Class sizes of 8-10 students are average.
Correctional Facilities
The Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation provides special education services to eligible students in correctional facilities. These facilities include: the Youth Care Center, the Vanderburgh County Jail, and the Vanderburgh County Corrections Complex. A general education teacher and a special education teacher work collaboratively to provide services to the incarcerated youth. High school students work toward high school credits through their home school. This program also imparts a vital link for tracking special education students through correctional placements.