Adolescent Treatment Program

The Adolescent Treatment Program is designed for the treatment of adolescents, ages 12 through 18, with a primary psychiatric diagnosis, and who meet the criteria for medically supervised inpatient treatment. The program operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in a 42-bed acute care setting.

Areas of Care

Areas of care provided by identified service providers are the same as for Adult Psychiatric Treatment with the following additions:

• Education Assessment Certified Teacher
• Speech, Language, and Hearing Testing Speech and Language Therapist
• Developmental History Social Services Staff

Therapy Groups

Patients are involved in specific therapy groups according to their individual needs and level of care. These may include:

• Process Group - Facilitated by Social Services or other qualified staff and focuses on appropriate expression of feelings, utilization of healthy coping skills, and facilitation of appropriate and adaptive social interactions.
• Didactic Group - May include drug awareness and education, assertive skills, coping skills, sex education, suicide education, drug and alcohol awareness, problem solving, family issues, and sexual abuse. Facilitated by the primary therapist, case manager or certified substance abuse counselor.
• Therapeutic Recreation - Is provided by a certified recreation therapist to provide opportunities for leisure counseling and develop effective life skills.
• Family Therapy - Facilitated as indicated by the case manager, social worker or attending psychiatrist to foster communication skills, cohesion, and adaptability between the youth and his caretakers.
• Parent Education and Support Group - Facilitated by a social worker or other qualified staff who specializes in child and adolescent psychiatric issues. It is designed to foster positive interactions between the youth and his caretaker through structured activities such as social leisure activities or family art projects.
• Multi-Family/Education/Support Group - Facilitated by a social worker or other qualified staff who specializes in child and adolescent psychiatric issues. It is designed to foster positive interactions between the youth and his caretaker through structured activities such as social leisure activities or family art projects.
• Daily Community - Facilitated daily by unit staff to enhance the patient’s ability to function in social settings with both adults and peers. Morning and/or afternoon community meetings are utilized to establish and evaluate goals set by each patient in the acute programs. Community is held each session for the PHP program.

For further information simply call (318) 678-7500 or Toll Free (877) 678-7500. We offer confidential assessments and referrals.