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Our History  The Plaza Academy was founded in 1974 as an alternative high school with an emphasis on the psychological and psychosocial development of the adolescent. By 1979, the Academy was a seed research site for the University of Kansas's Center for Research on Learning, and by 1980 the staff was recognized for their "Outstanding Contribution" at the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy in New York City.
By 1986, The Plaza Academy was accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools; and in 1999 we became a Missouri Approved Private Agency for the Missouri Department of Education. In 2000, we were among the first 500 Kansas City Agencies included in the Greater Kansas City Foundation and Affiliated Trust's DonorEdge™ philanthropic database. In 2005 our Founder and Director became a graduate of Leader's Edge®.
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As a research institute we were charged with the responsibility to develop and publish learning strategies that would teach teenagers to manage their own social, familial, and academic behaviors. In addition to their applications here, many of these learning strategies were published in research literature and then applied in public schools across the United States. 
The staff has presented its therapeutic treatment model to local and national professional conferences since 1980. By 1995, our seminal work appeared in the national scientific publication: 
The Plaza Academy's history of social service has been chronicled in radio, TV, and 
