The agency utilizes an eclectic approach to treatment, offering an array of clinical services but also relying heavily upon the concept of a therapeutic milieu as a paradigm for treatment. The latter notion suggests that all interactions between staff and residents, carry with them opportunities for new learning, enhanced self-image, and more adaptive problem solving skills. The development of constructive relationships is seen as the key to modifying the child's dysfunctional behaviors and maladjustments.
Clinical services offered include individual, group and family therapy, including specialized groups for such needs as social skills, alcohol and drug education and anger management. The agency also utilizes the services of a licensed psychologist and child psychiatrist to participate in the development of an integrated treatment plan, as well as to address the need for psychopharmacological intervention where that is indicated.
The primary focus of treatment is maintenance of a program structure that ensures behavioral control while the youth is increasing self-control. This is realized by means of a staff-secure environment, a graduated privilege-level system, natural and logical consequences, therapeutic crisis intervention, a full array of clinical services and, finally, utilization of the principals associated with the concept of therapeutic milieu. This approach, while preparing each youth for adulthood, promotes maintenance of treatment gains and successful reintegration with the family or other community resource.
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Program
Goals
- To help the child learn to modify dysfunctional patterns of behavior and to acquire pro-social replacement behaviors.
- To help the child accept responsibility for his actions and acquire effective self-control and self-management skills.
- To identify and resolve emotional or psychiatric disturbances which are causing subjective distress or contributing to emotional problems.
- To identify and remediate family issues, dynamics or dysfunctions which are causing subjective distress or contributing to behavioral and emotional problems.
- To help the child develop the social skills necessary for successful functioning in home, school and community environments, and to prepare him for reintegration into those environments.
- To provide the child with an educational, vocational and recreational learning experience appropriate to his individual needs.
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Residential
- Individualized behavior management system
- Point and level system
- Independent Living Skills program
- Structured therapeutic recreation program
- Community activities for social skill development
- Community service program
- High on-duty staff to resident ratio (average 1:4)
- Staff advocacy program
Clinical
- Individual therapy
- Family counseling services
- Sexual offender treatment group
- Children of Alcoholics group
- Anger management therapy
- Alcohol and substance abuse education
- Social skills learning groups
- Comprehensive medical nursing
- Psychological and psychiatric consultation
- Psychopharmacological intervention where appropriate
Educational
- State approved Special Educational services
- Basic and advanced math instruction
- Remedial reading/ speech and language therapy
- Art education/ woodworking/ Auto CAD
- Small group instruction
- Social and emotional skill development
- Life skills/ career education
- Extensive vocational training program
- Regents, local and IEP diplomas awarded
- GED program
- Inter-scholastic sports
- Co-curricular activities
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