Cheryl’s Preparation Outline Title: Boot Camp for Bad Child (Northwestern Academy) by Cheryl DiBernardo Topic: I am going to be talking about North Western Academy. This is a camp where they sent adjudicated delinquents placed by the Juvenile courts across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Thesis: I going to be talking about the different Programs at the Northwestern Academy. ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬INTRODUCTION •Attention-getter: Hand out Phamlet about the place.These phamlets will tell a little about the programs that they offer.
•Establish credibility: This program has been in operation for 1-5 years •Preview: Most of us probably have not heard much about this program just like I didn’t. But after I did some research on the place I found that I was a lot more comfortable that my son would be going there. BODY I. Building Bridges A.
This program serves dependent and delinquent girls ages 12-18 in a staff intensive residential setting.The program provides a safe haven for girls at risk of more restrictive levels of care or for those who may be transitioning from a more secure residential program. Treatment services, the competency-based curriculum and behavioural interventions are designed and implemented around the six domains of adolescent female development. II.
Challenge, Achieve and Success (C. A. S. ) A. This program is designed for young men ages 12-18 in need of structure and support in an open setting. The C.
A. S program utilizes a highly structured, strength-based philosophy that fosters youth individuality.The program focuses on: education, wilderness and outdoor experiences, physical exercise, wellness training, community service, victim awareness, substance abuse awareness, and positive peer group interaction. Within the context of a normative system, youth experience and develop competency skills for responsible behaviour, teamwork, stress management, communication, leadership and self image.
III. Vocationally Educating Cadets on Responsibility through Empowerment (V. C. O. R. E) A.
This program is based on a military model and features a ighly structured, regimented program that emphasizes education, wilderness and outdoor challenge experiences, physical conditioning, discipline, community service, victim awareness, substance abuse awareness and positive peer interaction. Youth experience and develop expectations for responsible behavior, positive self-image, improved self esteem, teamwork, and leadership and communication skills. Woven throughout the program are opportunities for youth to translate skills to real life situations they may encounter upon return to their communities.IV. Community Prep Program A.
This program is designed to assist delinquent and dependant males ages 15-19 to prepare for community living. Youth work through a unique life skills curriculum, participate in community restorative activities, attend individual and group competency development sessions and participate in community activities. A strength-based individual service plan is developed for each youth and when applicable, this includes specific target skills and competencies to be demonstrated as part of post secure treatment services.V.
SHELTER CARE A. This program provides safe, emergency care for young men ages 10-18 who are under the care and supervision of a Juvenile Probation Office or Office of Children and Youth. A "screen in” referral process is utilized and admissions are accepted 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Youth engage in various educational, physical and social activities designed to promote healthy relationships, trust and competency skills to help prepare them for transition into other living and placement arrangements. VI.
INTENSIVE SECURE A. This is a secure facility for adjudicated male offenders ages 12-18 who exhibit aggressive and/or disruptive behaviors. The program activities within the I. S.
T. U community are designed to provide the opportunity for cognitive and personal growth. Meaningful, structured activities and clinical therapy provide an opportunity for growth. Some aspects of the program include: a positive, normative community, clinical groups, behavioral management, weekly individual counseling sessions, weekly peer roup empowerment meetings, daily guided group interaction meeting and daily competency group sessions. VII.
S. E. T A. This program serves adjudicated delinquent males ages 12-18 who have exhibited sexually abusive behavior and/or have sexual offenses which fall within the following criteria: sexual assault with threat or force, a pattern of sexually deviant behavior, escalation and progression of sexually deviant behavior, sexual offenses against both males and females, and sexual offenses against strangers.Sexual Offender Treatment in the S. E.
T program utilizes a cognitive behavior model of relapse prevention and focuses on teaching youth the skills of responsible self-management and self-regulation. VIII. RENEW A. The RENEW program is a staff secure treatment program for males ages 12-18.
It is an intensive treatment program which provides cognitive, behavioral, psycho-educational and experiential interventions to effect change in youth, facilitate recovery and avoid relapse. Treatment is provided through individual, group and family sessions.A screening and assessment process will help distinguish between drug-induced mental health problems and psychiatric morbidity. IX. INTERMEDIATE SECURE A. This program serves adjudicated delinquent males ages 12-18 including chronic property offenders, impulsive youth with patterns of absconding, and those who have failed in less secure or other residential programs.
The program is highly structured and incorporates the principles of the Balanced and Restorative Justice Model as well as the Normative Community.The therapeutic milieu includes individualized treatment as well as services focused on social, emotional and behavioral well being. This program incorporates strength-based treatment planning and a four tiered behavior modification level system to provide the necessary structure and accountability for all behaviors. X. OPEN RESIDENTIAL A. This program serves delinquent or dependent males ages 12-18 in need of non-secure residential treatment services.
They typically have behavioral disorders and challenges that have impeded their success in alternative community-based interventions, such as intensive supervision, outpatient services, group/foster homes and partial programs. It is an alternative for youth being considered for more restrictive secure settings but who do not meet the criteria because they are not habitual delinquent offenders or are not involved in the juvenile justice system (dependent youth).This program offers structured, specialized treatment and allows for a continuum of care if a more restrictive setting becomes necessary. CONCLUSION My conclusion on this subject is that I think this is the best place to put your child if they are have problems getting in trouble with the laws and the juvenile system has done everything possible to help them out and they just don’t want to work with the system. References: http://www.
nhsonline. org/services/juvenile-justice/residential-programs. html
