PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The primary component of PA Treatment & Healing’s multifaceted menu of services is the After School Evening Day Treatment Program.  The day treatment program was designed to provide intensive supervision, accountability and therapeutic services to youth during the high risk after school evening hours.  We were one of the very first community based programs designed to deliver the intensity of a residential program yet still keeping the youth in his or her own community.  PA Treatment & Healing aims to help youth achieve success where they once were destructive and to reconcile and restore broken family relationships.

The After School Evening Day Treatment provides an alternative to residential treatment placements for youth demonstrating antisocial behaviors.  Our vast array of services and intensity provides a highly successful alternative to either weekly counseling or residential care.  The program also provides aftercare for youth who are removed from costly institutional placements and returned to their homes and community.  Aftercare minimizes reentry problems for youth who are attempting to readjust to home life.  

PA Treatment & Healing provides transportation to and from the program for all youth enrolled in the Day Treatment program.  Providing transportation to our clientele is critical to their daily attendance.

The After School Evening Day Treatment Program operates year round, six days per week, during peak at-risk, unsupervised hours (3:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.) and provides 24-hour crisis intervention services by use of an on-call emergency system.  The After School Evening Day Treatment Program receives both female and male referrals that are between the ages of ten and eighteen.  The average length of treatment for each youth is approximately nine months.  However, some clients participate in the program for as long as twelve months.  

We stress individual goal planning, development and achievement.  A client’s attainment of individual goals will be the major method for measuring success.  Services are provided at the center as well as in the home, school, and community.  

Our program utilizes a highly structured behavior management model, known as PA Treatment & Healing’s Normative Systems Approach.  This system of accountability encourages personal goal development and positive leadership in each youth referred into the program.  Through this system each youth is required to take full accountability for his or her actions, make restitution, pursue reconciliation with those he or she has offended as well as those who have offended him or her.  The ultimate goal is to achieve restoration of healthy relationships in the home and community.  After this is accomplished, the youth becomes motivated to explore educational and vocational pursuits, as well as desired work experience opportunities. 

Serving as Mental Health Director for the agency is psychiatrist, Dr. Keith Tolan.  He is available for psychiatric evaluations, and consultation on a regularly scheduled basis for all youth involved with the agency. Our Agency currently contracts with Hugh S. Smith, Ph.D. & Associates, P.C., Nulton Diagnostic & Treatment Center, Gina Mavromatis-Constantini, Dr. Jennifer Hixon, Dr. Kenneth Kindya and Dr. Anthony Drago to provide psychological evaluations, attend weekly staff meetings, remain available for telephone or face-to-face consultation with staff as needed, and periodically observe clients and staff during program hours. 

SERVICES PROVIDED

PA Treatment & Healing receives both male and female referrals that are between ten and eighteen years of age. Direct intervention hours range from twenty-five to fifty-five hours each week without removing the youth from his/her home. Treatment normally covers the after school and evening hours throughout the week, as well as Saturday programming. Home visits with the client and his/her family occur weekly. Caseworkers provide follow-up curfew checks, 24-hour crisis intervention, and on-call services after hours.

Specific services provided during the After School Evening Day Treatment Program include:

  Individual Counseling Sessions

  Daily Group Counseling

  Community Service Opportunities

  Life Skills Instruction

  Parental Education, Support & Counseling

  Supervised Community Outings/Camping Experiences

  Weekly Home Visits

  Leadership and Social Skills Development

  Drug & Alcohol Counseling (at no charge)

  Organizational Skills Building

School Visits

  Victim Awareness Groups

  Treatment for Sexually Abused and Sexual Offenders

  Intensive Supervision Sessions 

WHAT THE AFTER SCHOOL EVENING DAY TREATMENT PROGRAM OFFERS

To the Victim, a maximum chance of getting restitution. Youthful violators work to pay fines, costs and restitution to the victim.

To the Parents, regular home visits and family counseling to keep them aware of the child's progress and to give parents the support they need to raise their children successfully.

To the Agencies Working with the Child, a chief case management approach, to master the youth's environment and allow him/her to have access to all community interventions that will help him/her.

To the Child, a chance for a productive future in the community by resolving anger and pain, which often results in a life of failure if not healed.

To the Community, a child of destruction now becomes a constructive individual by contributing to the community he/she offended.