THERAPY
Students begin their therapy during the intake process. The treatment team helps students and their families develop meaningful goals that prepare the student to be successful when he returns home.
Based on these goals, we work with each student to identify and practice the skills that fit their individual situation and needs. Students gain new perspectives on their situations and themselves by participating in individual, group and family therapy. Staff work with all students to form healthy therapeutic relationships that are consistent, respectful and honest.
Ideas from Michael Durrant on solution-focused work in a residential setting, Bruce Perry on working with children that have experienced trauma during their early years and Stephen Glen’s work on “Developing Capable Young People” are strong influences on the structure and attitude of our program. We believe students become more capable when they:
- Identify with a viable role model
- Identify with and take responsibility for family processes
- Have faith in personal resources to solve problems
- Develop intrapersonal skills
- Develop interpersonal skills
- Develop situational skills
- Develop critical thinking skills
At Red Top Meadows, our job is to help a student and his family make adjustments in their lives to allow the student to return to home and continue his work. Graduation from Red Top is a transition that requires planning by the student, family and service providers in their home communities to develop an aftercare plan that they can maintain.
Students taking psychotropic medications receive psychiatric services in Jackson to help monitor medications.