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 .
