If you have met the above requirements and have been accepted into UTBS-Academy, academy services are available upon receipt of tuition in the form of a private pay agreement or successfully applying for scholarships and receiving administrative approval. Students are started at the beginning of each academic quarter. In order to be eligible to start, students must apply, fulfill financial agreements and receive administrative approval prior to or on the quarter application date. Start applying today and your Special Education Teacher will reach out to you regarding next steps.

No. Insurance funding cannot be used to pay for academic services and UTBS Academy is not billed to insurance or connected to insurance funding in any way. UTBS Academy is a separate service, paid for by tuition fees, which parents can choose to enroll in but are not required or necessary for receiving treatment.

The Carson Smith Scholarship is available to children with disabilities who are not enrolled in public or charter schools. The amount of the scholarship may cover the cost of tuition for UTBS Academy. We highly encourage parents to apply for the scholarship so that all Academy tuition costs are covered and families are not left with a financial expense or burden.

There are four deadlines to apply for the Carson Smith Scholarship throughout the school year: August, October, January, and March! Parents can gather paperwork and submit applications at any time through the year, to be awarded the scholarship at the next deadline. UTBS Academy can begin at any quarter during the year, so we encourage parents to apply and receive their award as soon as they can.

If a child is truly not eligible for the scholarship, a family can decide to pay privately for the cost of tuition. Contact Academy@utbs.co for assistance. Payment plans are available.

Your child’s treatment is based on medical necessity to address their unique behavioral and mental health deficits and goals. These deficits are typically the cause of a child not being able to attend a traditional school setting. If the child receives treatment, but is never exposed to the environments and conditions that are challenging for them, then it is difficult to prepare them to transition back into those environments when it is time for treatment to fade.

Medical insurance (including Medicaid) does not cover academic or educational services. Children who are in treatment for long periods of time, such as a full school year or more, may not be receiving any academic monitoring or instruction at all. Adding the Academy program alongside a child’s treatment ensures that the child is still receiving academic monitoring and instruction while they focus on their top priority: succeeding in treatment.

Treatment will continue to be provided based on medical necessity, individualized to your child’s unique needs and goals, and overseen by a treatment supervisor, such as a BCBA or mental health clinician, as determined by evaluation for medical necessity. Children are usually in treatment because of problems or needs that prevent them from being successful in a regular school setting, or make treatment the current priority. But throughout the treatment session, clinical staff are creating situations that “mimic” the child’s natural environments, such as home and school. The Academy program will allow a teacher to provide this natural instruction, task demands, and age-appropriate expectations (like what a student would encounter during a school day), so that clinical staff can carry out behavioral interventions, work on coping skills, and reinforce replacement behaviors. These two services work seamlessly together to prepare children to eventually transition back to the long-term educational setting that is the best fit for them.

Academic services will be provided during your child’s regular treatment schedule. The treatment schedule that is sent out each week is what you will follow to know when your child should come to the center. Following a traditional school schedule from the end of August to the end of May. Please reach out to Academy@utbs.co for this year’s updated schedule

Parents do not need to provide school supplies; everything your child needs during treatment will be provided.

Parents are responsible to provide all lunches and snacks. Work with your clinician and technicians on any questions you may have about this. UTBS centers have refrigerators and microwaves, but shelf space may be limited, so packing a lunch every day is preferred.