TREATMENT
The Group Home provides a structured living environment for up to 10 residents in a home-like setting in Jackson. The Group Home program is divided into four phases:
- Orientation – Residents are oriented to the rules and expectations of the program. During this time the residents are always supervised by staff except when they are in school
- Identification – Residents begin to identify areas in which they could improve
- Application – Residents have identified areas for change and are practicing new skills and behaviors in the Group Home, school, family and community
- Transition – Residents will be integrating new skills into their daily lives
Expectations and privileges expand with each phase as the resident learns new skills and ways of coping. Components of the program include:
- Weekly individual, group and family therapy
- Individualized treatment plans that residents develop with their therapist and their parents – treatment plans are reviewed and updated as goals are met.
- Planned home visits that build on residents' program phase and their progress in family therapy
- Regularly scheduled supervised activities
- Point sheets provide feedback to the resident on a daily basis – points are based on following rules and schedule, participation in program, respect for others and general behavior
- Monthly reports to parents, caseworkers and Guardian ad Litems that are compilations of point sheets and daily logs
- School monitoring and scheduled study time – residents attend public school
- Case Management with all those involved including parents, schools and other agencies
- Discharge planning and aftercare