Residential Program

. Program Statement . Program Philosophy . Boys Residential Summary . Girls Residential Summary . Services for Boys . Services for Girls .

Services for Girls

At the Good Will Farm we recognize that relationships are central to a girl's life. A great deal of the program is designed to help females build positive relationships and improve their abilities. Listed below are some of the strategies we use to assist them:

• Allow more time for getting ready and conversation!
• Provide a safe environment removed from the demands and pressure of intimate relationships with adolescent males.
• Address as many parts of their life as possible (home, school, social, physical, emotional, safety, etc.)
• Involve them with their family in setting treatment goals that meet their needs.
• Identify what they like and do well, and build on those strengths and abilities.
• Encourage them to express their feelings, opinions, and beliefs.
• Give them a voice in program development, procedure, and evalulation.
• Assign them to a support group for sharing and helping one another.
• Provide treatment and information on victimization, and allow them the opportunity to address feelings of anger and frustration (including one-on-one therapy).
• Allow staff time and opportunity for one-on-one trust building and support with them.
• Provide education and life stories on healthy and unhealthy relationships between females and males.
• Conduct body and health education groups specific to females.
• Identify possible mentoring relationships for them while in treatment and in their community when they return home.
• Use restorative justice techniques to help them heal a family, peer or community issue.
• Provide them with a journal for daily writings.

. Program Statement . Program Philosophy . Boys Residential Summary . Girls Residential Summary . Services for Boys . Services for Girls .