Program
One treatment program for dually diagnosed adolescent males
Program Overview
Liberty Point treats male residents ages 13 to 22 with cognitive, emotional and behavioral issues. We provide progressive academic, life skills and vocational skills training that will improve the resident's functioning and self-esteem, empowering them to find gainful employment and live within an independent setting.
Functional Life Skills, Vocational, and Work Adjustment Training
The Functional Life Skills, Vocational, and Work Adjustment Training curriculum provides residents with an instructional environment that enables success in a school program.
The program emphasizes appropriate:
- Social interactions
- Responsibility
- Personal accountability
- Problem solving
- Choices when confronted with difficult or stressful situations
Each resident is taught the following values and ideals:
- Belonging
- Mastery
- Interdependence
- Generosity
This vocational training program, with its focus on integrated work, furnishes residents with tools and skills, forming the foundation that allows them to make informed, mature vocational and life choices. The training and employment opportunities offered will significantly enhance the potential for long-term, integrated employability.
Program Components
The treatment program components include:
- Positive system focused on behavioral change principles
- Individual and family therapy
- Individual treatment/behavioral plans
- Therapeutic support through a wide variety of topic and process groups, education groups and expressive groups
