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MedicalThe medical clinic is staffed by nurses throughout the week, and doctors two days a week. Most routine medical care can therefore be provided on campus. Emergency care and other needs (eye and dental care, physical therapy, etc.) are obtained in the community. Psychiatric and
A licensed clinical psychologist and a psychiatrist are in residence three
full days a week to provide clinical case supervision and psychiatric support
for treatment.
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In addition to the services detailed, the Special Services Program supplies
a residential environment able to meet the needs of children whose behavior
has posed a greater degree of risk to themselves or others. The boys placed
in HTP (Hard-to-Place) and Sexual Offenders programs have the advantages
of additional staffing (1:2), keyed-access alarmed doors, individual bedrooms,
increased clinical supports and supervision and a more highly structured
treatment program.
The HTP program serves boys who have been rejected by other institutions
because of safety concerns or demonstrated inability to engage in treatment
at a lower level of care. Children who have been subject to chronic emotional
or physical abuse or who have histories of fire-setting or self-injurious
behavior are often appropriately served in this program, as are those
whose compulsive behavioral problems require regular monitoring and intervention.
The Special Services program maintains a separate recreation schedule
from the regular institution program, and occupies separate self-contained
classrooms. Its residents are integrated selectively in the work program
and the intramural activities with the rest of the institution. Residents of the Special Services Program have often transitioned to the regular institutional program before discharge.
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The sex offenders treatment programs opened in
August,1996. They are staffed and structured as 10-bed special service cottages,
with the addition of a curriculum that includes group work and a range of
extensive therapeutic interventions designed to meet the treatment needs
of sexual offenders. The goals of the program are: 1. To prevent further sexual victimization. 2. To prevent recurrence of other aggressive or abusive behavior. 3. To help youngsters acquire appropriate replacement behaviors. 4. To identify and remediate family issues or dysfunctions which trigger offending behavior, where possible. All staff in this program have been trained in the dynamics of the offense
cycle, as well as the attitudes, behaviors and thinking errors which support
offending behavior. The program employs an integrated relapse-prevention treatment model
which promotes victim empathy, trauma resolution, sexual arousal control
and pro-social skills. Other treatment issues, such as attention deficit
disorder, learning disabilities, and clinical issues requiring psychopharmacological
intervention are also addressed where indicated. 
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