The Pines Residential Treatment Center
The WINGS Program

The WINGS Program (Women In Need of Guidance and Support) is a gender-specific, structured program that specifically addresses impulse control problems exhibited by adolescent females. This program is designed for adolescent females between the ages of 13-17 with a history of treatment failures at various levels of care.

The WINGS Program responds to the need for gender specific programming. Girls with disorders of affect, self-destructive behaviors and aggression often present with different clinical pictures than boys with similar behavioral disorders. The WINGS Program provides treatment specific to the unique difficulties and etiology related to girls.

The girls are provided with an array of clinical formats including individual, group and family therapy. Interventions include DBT, solution-focused, strengths and resiliency-based. The relationships that the girls develop with all levels of staff provide the basis for the development of future healthy relationships. Unlike most residential programs, the WINGS Residential Treatment Counselors (RTC’s) are trained as mentors. RTC’s, along with the treatment team provide residents with guidance, one-to-one support, reinforcement and constructive life skills. Each residential mentor has the training to provide support in a minimum of three ways: advice, access and advocacy. In addition to the mentors’ sincere desire to work with the residents, they work with the issues of respect, positive listening, empathy, solution-focused resolution and resiliency.

The program works to minimize the length of stay in residential care by beginning discharge planning from the time of admission. There is active planning between WINGS and community-based, step-down services to facilitate reintegration into the community. Family-based interventions are emphasized to ensure reintegration for those girls to biological or foster families.

Girls Accepted Into This Program May Exhibit Some of the Following Characteristics: DSM-IV diagnosis on Axis I (conduct disorder not the primary diagnosis)

Designed for Females Youth Ages 13-17 with some of the following characteristics:

• DSM-IV diagnosis on Axis I (conduct disorder not the primary diagnosis)
• IQ score of 70 or above
• History of impulsive behavior that is harmful to self and/or others (suicidal gestures/attempts, self mutilation, substance abuse, self-induced vomiting, runaway/elopements, etc.)
• Displays therapeutic potential to benefit from residential treatment program and to transfer to a lower level of care

Accredited by:
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

Virginia Association of Independent Specialized Educational Facilities and the Southern Association of Colleges and schools.

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