Residential Treatment Center: “Bridges Unit”
Our 20-bed treatment center provides care for male adolescents, ages 12-17.5, with serious behavioral and emotional problems. The program offers adolescents the opportunity to assume responsibility for their behaviors, develop coping and communication skills, and explore values.
Our multidisciplinary staff works to develop individualized treatment plans to impact our residents’ overall psychological, social, medical, educational and spiritual needs based on their history and assessments.
Our treatment model includes a behavioral co-management system that incorporates a token economy and increasing levels of privilege consistent with behavior and achievement. Our caregivers also utilize the Mandt System, which focuses on building therapeutic relationships through increased communication to resolve conflicts in a safe environment.
Who Should be Referred?
- Adolescent males who have not succeeded in less restrictive treatment settings (ex: group home, therapeutic foster care, community wrap around services)
- Mental health diagnosis from a licensed mental health provider, excluding Axis I diagnosis of a Pervasive Development Disorder and Conduct Disorder
- Recommended by a local core service agency
- Individuals without a history of sexually acting-out, extremely aggressive behavior, mental retardation, and/or extreme fire-setting behaviors
Our Services include:
- Individual, group, and family therapy provided by a licensed mental health therapist
- Off -grounds equine therapy
- Art therapy
- Recreational activities
- On-site level 5 school with MDSA certified teaching staff
- Medication management by a board certified child and adolescent psychiatrist
- Discharge planning
Referrals can be mailed to the facility or faxed to 410-901-1294. For more information, please call us at 410-221-0288.