, ▁a ▁pr esch ool ▁and ▁evaluation ▁program ▁approved ▁by ▁both ▁NY C ▁and ▁N ass au ▁County , ▁and ▁a ▁state - lic ensed ▁day ▁treatment ▁center . ▁ ▁L if eline ▁cons iders ▁children ▁exhib iting ▁the ▁following ▁sympt oms ▁for ▁ad mission : ▁fear ful ness , ▁anx iety , ▁hyper activity , ▁de pression , ▁imp uls ivity , ▁language ▁del ays ▁( express ive ▁and / or ▁re cept ive ), ▁withdraw al , ▁aut istic - like ▁and ▁psych otic ▁behavior , ▁or ▁those ▁having ▁difficulty ▁getting ▁along ▁with ▁people ▁and ▁the ▁world ▁around ▁them . ▁L if eline ▁serves ▁seriously ▁dist urbed ▁children ▁with ▁dis abilities ▁including ▁Per vas ive ▁Development al ▁Dis order , ▁As per ger ' s ▁Sy nd rome , ▁Psych osis ▁Att ention - Def ic it ▁and ▁Att ention - Def ic it ▁Hyper activity ▁Dis order , ▁O pp os itional ▁Def i ant ▁Dis order ▁and ▁severe ▁Ad just ment ▁dis order . ▁L if eline ' s ▁campus ▁consists ▁of ▁two ▁buildings ▁and ▁a ▁sw imming ▁pool ▁set ▁on ▁three ▁acres . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁W yn er ▁founded ▁the ▁L if eline ▁Center ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 9 , ▁as ▁the ▁mental ▁health ▁th era pe ut ic ▁direction ▁in ▁the ▁US ▁was ▁moving ▁away ▁from ▁surg ical ▁solutions ▁and ▁toward ▁social ▁milieu ▁ther apy . ▁At ▁this ▁time ▁there ▁were ▁few ▁options ▁for ▁parents ▁of ▁ment ally ▁or ▁em otion ally ▁challeng ed ▁children