CKG Families
Families working with The Ceel Kenny Group enjoy a professional and confidential atmosphere to discuss their child's needs in an informal and caring setting.

Families seek the services of The Ceel Kenny Group for a wide variety of reasons, all focused on the health and well-being of their child.

Assistance with the multitude of educational and emotional growth options.

Help in sorting out which institutions are effectively accomplishing their mission.

Assurance that their investment of time and money in the next step for their child has the best chance of success.

Appreciation of the individual differences among children and the need for just the right placement for their child.

Through a combination of denial, wishful thinking, paralysis from feelings of guilt, and lack of awareness about alternatives, many parents needlessly suffer situations like these, hoping that the child will magically change for the better.

Our most powerful question for these families is a gentle nudge to action:
What are you waiting for?

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Our diverse training, years of experience, and educational backgrounds have prepared us to help families with children of all ages in any one of the following ways:

Placement in a traditional boarding school or private day school for the focused, successful child who needs a more challenging and diverse academic program

Placement in a college or post secondary program that meets the individual needs of the student, including those who need a transitional setting between high school and college

Placement for the child who has an identified learning disability or learning difference which cannot be accommodated in the current setting

Placement for a child who is showing signs of emotional distress which is affecting life at home and school

Placement for a child, adolescent or young adult who is acting out moderately or severely in one or more of the following ways: defying parents, failing school, abusing drugs or other substances, showing signs of self-abusive or self-destructive behavior, threatening or committing violence, exhibiting low self-esteem, or getting into scrapes with the law

At The Ceel Kenny Group, LLC we work with families and their children who
face the following issues:

We recommend placements in schools and programs we have personally visited to provide you with first-hand knowledge of the school's profile. Placements often include:

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Total Confidentiality.

We are your child's advocate. Your child's interests are our top priority.

We meet our clients at our Texas and Arizona offices.

We also travel nationwide to meet with clients at or near their home. We meet with each student in person to establish a rapport and fully understand their needs. This includes visiting a student in a wilderness program who is ready for the next placement.

We visit all schools and programs that we recommend to our students on a regular basis to remain informed of the school's true profile.

We specialize in a highly individualized approach to each student's situation.

To insure objectivity, we do not accept compensation from educational institutions or any place we recommend for our clients.

Experience our first-hand knowledge with our hands-on approach.

An integral part of educational consulting is the ability to stay current on the ever-advancing edge of educational options. We spend 20 to 25 Percent of our time annually visiting colleges, schools, residential treatment centers, emotional growth/therapeutic programs, and wilderness programs nationwide.

You are about to make a major financial commitment to your child's future growth. Our lack of affiliation with any educational institution is your assurance that your child will take the next step in an appropriate and supportive setting.

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The Consultation Appointment
We like to meet with the whole family and then with the parents and student separately. The initial meeting may take several hours, depending on the situation, and a second meeting is often necessary. Continued communication is conducted by phone and e-mail.

Testing
For those students with current testing, we can assist you in understanding the results and how to best utilize the testing information. We also offer academic and intellectual testing in our office by master's level assessors with extensive experience in evaluating students with learning disabilities.

Consulting
You will be asked to complete a series of forms and to provide us with a copy of all prior testing, as well as current report cards or transcripts.

After reviewing all of your information, we discuss with you the types of schools we recommend and their specialties in relationship to your child.

Contact & Admissions Process
Once the initial consultation is complete, we contact specific schools and/or programs and send their admission office all pertinent information about your child. Together we evaluate your child's specific needs.

When possible matches are found we ask the school or program to save a space - if they have one or are in a position to do so. They will then immediately send information and an application to you. We will assist you in completing applications, setting up interviews, and help you in any other way you might need assistance.

Follow Up
Once placement is complete we follow your child through to graduation from that school or program through report cards and progress reports sent to us by your child's school. We remain in contact with you and we are available to assist you throughout your child's stay or with future placements.