Building Futures

fairfax

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Laying the Foundation for Success

PHILLIPS Building Futures provides intensive hands-on career training for youth. The program provides youth with academic programming, positive behavioral supports, industry certification and related services while they learn the building trades as part of their school day.  


Building Futures students are learning to build a house!

click on the video to See One Student's Success Story.

 

One young person, who used to see themselves as failure, now looks at the house with pride and says:

I BUILT THAT!

Services:

PHILLIPS Building Futures provides students with the opportunity to attend school in a nontraditional manner.

Students spend half of the day in a classroom receiving their academic instruction, and half of the day on the work site learning the construction trades.

Vocational training may include:

  • Construction Design

  • Carpentry

  • Plumbing

  • Landscaping

  • And other aspects of home construction and repair.

We Are:

  • State approved to serve students ages 16-21 with:

    • Autism

    • Emotional Disability

    • Intellectual Disability

    • Multiple Disabilities

    • Other Health Impairment

    • Specific Learning Disability

  • Licensed to operate, from the Virginia Board of Education

  • Accredited by the Virginia Association of Independent Specialized Education Facilities (VAISEF) whose process has been approved by the Virginia Counsel for Private Education (VCPE) as authorized by the Virginia State Board of Education

  • Approved for placement by Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia

  • Member, National Association of Private Special Education Centers (NAPSEC)

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Admission Process

Most children are enrolled in PHILLIPS Schools by their public school system. Usually the admissions process is as follows:

  • Parent and County personnel discuss placement options at the IEP meeting

  • PHILLIPS receives referral file

  • PHILLIPS calls parent(s) to arrange free interview

  • Admissions team reviews child’s history

  • Parents and/or guardians attend interview with child (required)

If you believe that PHILLIPS may be an appropriate setting to meet your child’s needs, please call
703-941-8810 or email: annandaleadmissions@phillipsprograms.org



For more information contact:

Amy Taylor, M.Ed

Education Program Supervisor
Phone: 703-941-8810
Email: Amy.Taylor@phillipsprograms.org

Chip Maust, Ed.D.

DIRECTOR, CAREER PARTNERS
Phone: 703-941-8810
Email: Chip.Maust@phillipsprograms.org

 

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