Saluda Cove at The Main Campus

Saluda Cove offers a secure residential treatment facility for adolescent females ages 12-17 experiencing crises related to:

• Suicidal behaviors
• Other self-harm acts
• Emotional instability
• Impulsivity
• Confession about self and interpersonal problems

They have suffered abuse, neglect, abandonment and have various psychiatric diagnoses.

Saluda Cove uses a full-immersion DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy) model. Successfully navigating the waterways at Saluda Cove requires commitment to living mindfully, to understanding and regulating emotions, to tolerating distress skillfully and to becoming more interpersonally effective. Our average length of stay is 12 months.

The Four Levels of the Saluda Cove Program:

• FALLS
  Residents participate in pre-commitment/recommitment groups, which focus on education about DBT, borderline personality disorder, program rules and making a commitment to DBT.
  
  An individual therapist and a psychiatrist perform the initial assessments.
  
  
• RAPIDS
  Individual therapy focuses on decreasing suicidal behaviors, aggression and self-injury.
  
  Skills and homework groups emphasize the benefits of learning DBT skills to reduce self-harm.
  
  Residents monitor their emotions and behaviors on daily diary cards.
  
  
• RIVERS
  Skills and homework groups teach residents about mindfulness, regulating emotions, tolerating distress and improving interpersonal interactions.
  
  Individuals and staff coach residents in using their newly acquired skills in a multitude of life situations.
  
  Therapists address behaviors by residents that impede the residents' progression in individual sessions, groups, and team meetings.
  
  
• OCEANS
  Residents continue to enhance skills application while preparing for transition to community settings.
  
  Residents enjoy increased community passes and fewer unit restrictions while maintaining their efforts in individual and group therapies.
  
  The behaviors and emotions monitored on daily diary cards now reflect improving their quality of life, attaining educational goals, and deepening healthy relationships.

Education

The residential program at Saluda Cove includes an instructional program designed for each student. Our goal is to maintain the student's current grade placement and prepare them for the next level.

Each student remains enrolled in their home school district and is on "medical homebound" status for attendance and instructional purposes.

It is also our goal to maintain connections with the school system where the student will most likely return.

We provide four hours of education coordinated with the treatment program by a certified teacher in a dedicated classroom.

For admission information, please call us toll-free at 866-796-9911 or fax us at 803-926-9582.