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Managing partner Karen Larson set
forth the leadership of two additional
therapeutic schools. She directed all
aspects for a national child welfare
agency of several hundred children.
Ms. Larson was able to restore the
financial health of these programs.
She is experienced in programmatic
and business management aspects in
therapeutic schools.
Managing partner Patty Hotz has
extensive experience in both public
and private therapeutic schools. In
addition, her expertise extends to the
psychiatric hospital setting. Ms. Hotz
pioneered the establishment of
expressive therapy as a successful
therapeutic approach for children and
adolescents. As such, she has
developed, implemented and overseen
a continuum of clinical therapeutic
programming. This expertise is the
essence of SEAL’s therapeutic
modality.
Managing partner Cindy Nudd also has
extensive experience in public and
private therapeutic schools. She was
the founding principal of a successful
start-up school in DuPage County,
which exceeded both financial and
programmatic expectations.
Ms. Nudd is an active member of
IAPSEC (Illinois Association of Private
Special Education Centers). She sits
on several committees within the
organization to assure a high standard
of special education, care and
treatment is available to all Illinois
children with exceptional needs.
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