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Head Start has shared the Knott School site with Morrison Child and Family Services since 1991. Morrison operates multiple programs from Knott, serving over 200 people per day in the 21,000 feet of space it leases within the school. Morrison Child and Family Services primarily offers mental health and foster care services - for the most part, community- and outpatient-based - to children and their families. Though most programs take place outside the Knott School building, two utilize classrooms there. Hand in Hand, which helps abused children ages 3 to 6, uses space within the school for its day treatment sessions. Integrated with therapeutic foster care services, Hand in Hand aims to help heal severely abused and neglected young children. It also provides ongoing treatment throughout children's school-age years through its outpatient counseling services, which extends therapy up to 13 years of age. Morrison's Family Sexual Abuse Treatment is a group modality program that also takes place at Knott. It treats sexually abused children aged 4 to 18, as well as their non-offending parents and siblings. Other home- and community-based programs with offices at Knott include: Listos Para Aprender, a city of Portland Children's Levy funded program that serves Spanish-speaking families with children newborn to age 5; Early Childhood Intensive Outpatient Services, which provides crisis stabilization, therapy, training and more to families with children from birth to age 6 at risk of losing their home, preschool or child care; and Connections Therapeutic Visitation Services, a service provided to parents and their children who have been separated by state foster care. It also provides visitation services to siblings placed in separate foster homes. In all, 93 full- and part-time Morrison staff work from Knott, providing almost five million dollars' worth of services. Interested parties can call Morrison's central intake line for information. Most, but not all of Morrison's services are for those enrolled in the Oregon Health Plan. For further information on any programs, organizations or services featured in this article, please refer to the sidebar. Serving children in Parkrose and beyond as well as children with special needs, these two former school district buildings continue to contribute to the community educational experience. Next time you drive or walk by these buildings, you will not need to wonder what goes on in these former elementary schools. You'll know: education, enrichment, encouragement, healing and evolution. Multnomah Early Childhood Program: 503-262-4100 www.mesd.k12.or.us In the Parkrose School District, morning MECP classes are available at: Prescott, Shaver, Sacramento Elementary Schools and Russell Academy. Multnomah Education Service District 503-255-1841. |
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