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Day Treatment Program
This day treatment program serves a maximum of sixteen, male and female at-risk students ages 13 to 17 years of age, through Juvenile Court and Children and Youth Services. This highly structured program focuses on the following areas:
• Developing respect, responsibility, trust and effort in each client;Basic skills education provided in group, individual, and computer-based settings;
• Goal setting, conflict resolution, problem solving, and anger management workshops;
• Life skills, career development, and job search seminars;
• Physical education and computer technology; and
• Group community service projects.
Other components of the program include:
• Daily lunches and round trip transportation;
• Goal setting and monthly review of accomplishments toward the goals;
• Individual and group counseling;
• Field trips to vocational-technical school, prisons, companies, historical landmarks and other educational institutions.
• Guest speakers who address critical topics such as aids prevention; appropriate sexual conduct; and violence prevention.
• Entrance, exit, and random drug screens;
• Quarterly client progress meetings with parent and probation office/caseworker;
• Referral to wrap around counseling including substance abuse.
The goals of the program are to help the client:
• Increase their compliance with the probation officer or caseworker;
• Increase their basic education skills;
• Enhance their self esteem and confidence;
• Improve their role in the community that instills a sense of belonging;
• Improve their attitude toward home and school ;
• Increase their sense of respect and responsibility;
• Reduce recidivism; and
• Return to their home school or another appropriate educational setting.
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Client Accountability Program
The Be Proud Foundation offers a client accountability program for male and female clients, referred by Delaware County Juvenile Court. In the tradition of the Be Proud Foundation's programs, this intervention is designed to serve clients in a community based setting. Whether the goal of the Probation Officer is to help the youth offender avoid residential placement or transition back into their community after placement, we can provide intensive supervision and services. Working as an extension of the Probation Officer, we will closely monitor and report the client's progress weekly. We will meet with the family to help set up rules and expectations of both parent and child. Family and client issues will be addressed in an attempt to allow the Probation Officer to work on other issues on their caseload. We strive to help the client find the road to success through the following:
- Competency Development
- Improve math and reading skills (client must have at least a 3rd grade reading level)
- Life skills – assess and develop customized treatment plan
- Practical, reality-based counseling for clients
- Face to face contacts, 4 days a week (school, work, etc.)
- Daily school attendance/behavioral checks and family contact
- Family meetings when warranted to improve communication at home
- Adult mentoring
- Work with client and family to meet goals identified by probation
- Staff will be available by phone in the event of an emergency
- Referrals to other needed services available in the community
- Supervised computer resource room with internet access available to clients four days a week to improve basic skills, search for employment, complete homework assignments, etc.
- Weekly progress report faxed to Probation Officer (see attached)
- Immediate notification of any client probation violation (faxed and phone)
- Behavioral program
- Rewards for positive behavior
- Food and entertainment
- Consequences for negative behavior
- If Probation Officer desires, staff will transport clients to weekend community service
- Earlier curfew with random checks by staff
- As requested by Probation, staff will attend Court hearings and submit a summary of the child's performance in the program prior to Court date.
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