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About Knapp Yeshiva About Knapp Yeshiva Mission and Vision principals and professionals, and others. Creating opportunities for Knapp Yeshiva faculty and staff students’ academic, social-emotional, are trained and credentialed to work and Jewish success. with our students. Our school benefits Seeking reintegration for all from many amenities of the Joy Faith Jewish students with emotional or Knapp Center. Knapp Yeshiva behavioral disabilities. students participate in self-contained classes. What is Knapp Yeshiva? JCFS Chicago Knapp Yeshiva, a Tell us about your students Jewish therapeutic school program The JCFS Yeshiva serves founded in 1991, creates opportunities children from observant Jewish homes for students’ academic, social- with a range of emotional special emotional, and Jewish success, and education classifications, including: seeks reintegration for all Jewish Emotional Disability, Learning Disability, students with emotional or behavioral and ADHD-type problems. disabilities. Knapp Yeshiva is housed at For 2019-20, Knapp Yeshiva will the Joy Faith Knapp Children’s Center, accommodate boys and girls in grades 3145 W. Pratt Blvd, Chicago. It is K-8, depending on date of birth. Older directed by Rabbi David M. Rosenberg. students may be accommodated in non- As part of Knapp School & Yeshiva classrooms and still receive Yeshiva, we are accredited by Knapp Yeshiva services. Students AdvancED. Knapp Yeshiva is have previously attended Akiba supported by the Kehillah Jewish Schechter, Arie Crown, Cheder Education Fund and by the Jewish Lubavitch, Hillel Torah, Yeshiva Ohr Day School Guaranty Trust Fund in Boruch, and Yeshivas Tiferes Tzvi. partnership with the Jewish United Students have reintegrated from Fund/Jewish Federation. Knapp Knapp Yeshiva to Arie Crown, Cheder Yeshiva works closely with students’ Lubavitch, Hillel Torah, Joan Dachs Bais families and with Associated Talmud Yaakov, Fasman Yeshiva High School, Torahs, REACH, day school Ida Crown Jewish Academy, and About Knapp Yeshiva Page 1 of 2 Yeshiva of South Bend. High school transition coordinator; vocational graduates have continued their counselor; art director; support team; education at UIC, Northeastern Illinois, and school nurse. and Truman College. For several years, Knapp Yeshiva has benefited from the kind Tell us about your services loan of Jewish studies support from the Knapp Yeshiva combines the REACH/ATT faculty. therapeutic services and a general studies curriculum with Jewish studies What is the Partnership and tefillah in two self-contained Program? classes and a Beit Midrash. The Partnership students spend part general studies curriculum is based of their school day at a Jewish day on Illinois State Board of Education school (generally for Jewish studies) requirements. and receive academics and therapeutic Each student’s education services at Knapp Yeshiva. A program sets forth unique educational partnership arrangement may ease a goals. Progress is evaluated regularly. student’s full return to day school. To assist students, the following services are provided as indicated: For more information social work services; speech- language therapy and occupational • FAQs about Knapp Yeshiva therapy; physical education in the o Our Therapeutic Education Knapp Center gym; art; o When a Day School library/resource department; a life- Student Faces Emotional skills room; Transition and or Behavioral Challenges Vocational services; support for o Applying to Knapp Yeshiva reintegration to mainstream Jewish o Knapp Yeshiva Placement schools. Our therapeutic team approach (for Professionals) brings together staff, family, outside • Call 855 ASK-JCFS (855-275- providers and educators, and the 5237) student. Faculty communicates 8/2019 regularly with families. Tell us about your staff Knapp School & Yeshiva staff includes two special education teachers, a teacher’s aide, and two rabbis; clinicians; occupational and speech therapists; resource department; About Knapp Yeshiva Page 2 of 2 .
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