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Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program

Overview

Abounding Rivers STRTP will assist youth with working towards the idea of change to increase self-confidence and cultivate a lifetime pattern of self-improvement. The program will help youth understand the relationship between values, attitudes, and behaviors as they relate to the decision-making process and will help the youth discover how attitude affects behavior and the tools to gain better self-control. The primary objective of the STRTP is to provide trauma-informed care principles and positive prosocial coping skills to residents to promote positive interventions, promote emotional regulation, and coping skills.

Target Population

Abounding Rivers provides residential training, care, and supervision to youth who have been or are subjects of abuse, neglect, or are at substantial risk of suffering severe physical harm inflicted non-accidentally upon the child by the child’s parent or guardian. Furthermore, Abounding Rivers offers practice models and interventions trauma-specific treatment to survivors of commercially sexually exploited children (CSEC). CSEC survivors typically have experienced complex emotional, physical, and sexual trauma requiring specific treatment interventions. Survivors may experience emotional, behavioral, and mental health symptoms that are often unidentified or misdiagnosed. Without proper support and treatment, the risk of being re-victimized is high. Youth placed in the care of Abounding Rivers will receive treatment and support to address safety, gain an understanding of the victimization they have experienced, improve self-esteem, develop motivation for change, improve life skills, and empower them to reach future goals. The goal of Abounding Rivers is to remove the stigma associated with working with CSEC identified youth and promote an environment that fosters healing, advocacy, and resiliency.

Practice Models and Interventions

Youth currently placed at Abounding Rivers receive core mental health services, which include, but are not limited to:
  • Individual therapy
  • Family therapy
  • Group therapy
  • Anger Management
  • Substance abuse group
  • Gang Intervention
  • Nola Brantley Speaks
  • Psychiatric assessment/ Medication management
  • Psychological evaluation
  • Case management
  • Life Skills

Desired Outcomes

01

Youth learn to make choices regarding his/her activities of daily living at home, at school, and within the community.

02

Youth learning to question, explore, and change inappropriate behavior, with the goal of reducing the likelihood of that behavior recurring.

03

Youth developing respect for others.

04

Youth learning to think and act appropriately for his/her age.

05

Youth developing skills and interests (based upon personal choice) that will enable them to later, as an adult, become a productive citizen in society.

06

Youth working with the therapist towards alternative placements such as family reunification, foster home, or another appropriate residence.

07

Youth will be encouraged to complete quarterly surveys to measure satisfaction with services received/provided.