Serendipity Center offers support, skills to children with behavioral challenges: Season of Sharing 2024

Published on: 12/15/2024

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Turner Sanderman, a student at Serendipity Center, fished apples with a mesh sieve in preparation for pressing them into cider. Sanderman, 15, has attended the therapeutic school in outer Southeast Portland for two years and his family credits it with helping him learn how to regulate his emotions and to practice social skills. Students harvest pumpkins at the Serendipity Center therapeutic garden in outer Southeast Portland. The garden is a key element of the school’s wellness curriculum and a respite for students who struggle with emotional and behavioral challenges. Nicolas Townsend, Serendipity Center’s wellness program manager and garden coordinator, helps student Turner Sanderman, 15, make cider in an old-fashioned wood press. Sanderman, who struggled with emotional regulation at public school, has thrived at Serendipity. Art therapist Jolie Guillebeau works on a sketch drawing with student Adrian Petrisor, 17, at Serendipity Center, a therapeutic school in Portland. Petrisor has been at Serendipity since 2nd grade and has thrived with additional staff support. Nicolas Townsend, Serendipity Center’s wellness program manager, developed and coordinates the therapeutic garden program at the school. Students can sign up for a daily garden class where they grow and harvest organic fruit and vegetables that are incorporated into school meals. Matthew Berryessa, executive director of Serendipity Center, poses for a photo in his office on October 23, 2024. Serendipity is a therapeutic school for children with emotional and behavioral challenges. Serendipity Center is a nonprofit K-12 therapeutic school for students with behavioral disabilities and mental health issues. Its goals is to give students the tools to better respond to their personal challenges so they can remain in school and become productive members of society. Art therapist and licensed counselor Jolie Guillebeau poses for a photo in her office at Serendipity Center, a special education school in Portland that provides students with emotional and behavioral support, including through art therapy.

On a windy October morning, clad in a bright orange NASA suit and noise canceling headphones, Turner Sanderman fished apples with a mesh sieve from a water-filled crate.

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