Wordsworth’s Fort Washington Approved Private School (FWAPS) recognizes its place and responsibility in the continuum of care to children and their families. The FWAPS provides a high quality educational experience for students having a variety of challenging behavioral, emotional and educational needs. The school provides a safe, therapeutic environment offering small classes in homogeneous groupings creating a learning environment which encourages greater student involvement in the educational process. Supportive services are also provided to further enhance each student’s experience including: group and individual counseling, therapeutic time-out services, case-management services as needed, along with exposure to behavior modification based rewards system. Older students have the opportunity to benefit from our pre-vocational evaluation, counseling and vocational exploration program in preparation for the transition to their post-school adult lives.

Wordsworth Fort Washington is designated as an Approved Private School by the Pennsylvania Department of Education (DOE). Students entering the FWAPS must be referred by their local school district and then approved by the Pennsylvania DOE. Student referrals are received from over forty districts, and the majority of students stay with the FWAPS until the completion of their education.