HOPE

HOPE
A Program for Sexually Maladaptive Youth and/or Children Who Have Serious Behavior Problems

Program Mission:

Help residents accept responsibility for their offending behavior and develop the skills and controls necessary for the resident to return to his own home, foster home or appropriate community based program.

Target Population:

HOPE is a multi-agency program serving 8-13 year-old males who have sexual acting out problems and/or severe behavioral problems which cannot be handled in their own home or foster setting and are difficult to place.

Treatment Philosophy:

The program provides a highly structured residential unit utilizing behavior modification techniques, relapse prevention and positive discipline to challenge offending behaviors and develop appropriate internal controls and social skills.

Referral Process:

Placing agency representatives should contact:

Steve Ross
HOPE Program Director
Bashor Children's Home
P.O. Box 843
Goshen, IN 46527-0843
Phone: 574-875-5117
sross@bashor.org

(The program director has the discretion to accept or reject referrals for admission.)

Discharge Planning:

The goal of HOPE is to return each resident to his own home or foster home. This process begins at admission. If the resident is unable to return to his own home, Bashor Children's Home will assist in finding appropriate foster family care. Holy Cross Counseling Group and Oaklawn Psychiatric Center will provide individual, family and group follow-up services.

Program Features:

Individual and group therapy provided by Holy Cross Counseling Group utilizing the relapse prevention model and a cognitive behavioral approach.

Individual, family and group therapy provided by Oaklawn Psychiatric Center therapists, focusing on building skills necessary to return the child to his own home, foster home, or community based placement.

Students are educated in a small classroom setting with a licensed teacher. Instruction focuses on academic performance and developing behavioral skills to return resident to a less restrictive educational program.

Recreation includes individual and small group activities focusing on the development of individual physical and social skills, group responsibility and leadership.

Psychiatric services regularly monitor psychotropic drugs and psychiatric evaluations as needed.

P.O. Box 843 Goshen, IN 46527-0843 . 574 875-5117 . e-mail: info@bashor.org