Residential Services
Adolescent boys, ages 12 – 18, who have been
abused or neglected, or face significant mental health challenges often
behave in ways that are not socially acceptable without treatment.
When treatment at home is not effective, those behaviors must be confronted
in an intensive, supportive environment. The Children’s Home of
Reading provides three distinct residential programs for this purpose, as
well as a diagnostic residential program. The treatment time is as
brief as possible, while allowing necessary time for the child to heal and
learn to make better behavioral choices.
The youth who are accepted into these residential
programs are carefully chosen because we believe that their behavior can
change. Their choices are often the result of fear, anger, and loss of
control over their lives. Most often, they have experienced traumatic
events in their childhood, and need individual and comprehensive
intervention to understand the roots of their behaviors so they can find
healing.
The Children’s Home of Reading Residential
Programs give these youth and their families an opportunity to overcome
their challenges. They learn to take responsibility for their actions
and their future…behaviorally, emotionally and academically. For many
of our clients, that empowerment brings healing and positive behavioral
changes. Hope for a better future is restored and lives are forever
changed.
This program serves up to 24 adolescent boys who
have chosen to participate in inappropriate relationships as a result of
past trauma and neglect, as well as ineffective limits and guidance in their
young lives. This therapeutic community offers behavior-specific individual
and comprehensive intervention. We know that given the opportunity to
come to terms with these issues and see the benefits of making better
choices, these young men have a great opportunity to create a healthy,
happier future. As space allows, this program is also equipped to
provide diagnostic services when county agencies and healthcare
organizations are unsure which residential program best meets the child’s
needs.
Residential Treatment Facility
This program serves up to 24 adolescent boys
diagnosed with behavioral or psychiatric disorders whose behaviors require
residential treatment. Although committed to providing the least
restrictive environment for that care, it is a structured social/behavioral
management program where cultural competence is stressed. Intensive
treatment services are provided to both the child and their family, because
we believe that family involvement is crucial to each young man’s success.
Specialized Residential Treatment Facility
This program also serves up to 24 adolescent
boys. When these children face both diagnosed behavioral or
psychiatric disorders and involvement in inappropriate
relationships, these issues must be treated concurrently if they are to
fully understand their challenges and successfully change their behaviors.
This program is dedicated to provide seamless dual treatment so that both
challenges can be overcome simultaneously.
Referral and Enrollment
Information
If you believe your child would benefit from one
of these residential treatment programs, please contact our Director of
Admissions, Melissa Ortiz, at 610.478.8266 ext. 427 or by fax at
610.898.0001. Pre-placement interviews may be required to determine if
our program meets the needs of your child.
