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Outreach House I
& II, located in Ridgewood, Queens
and Brentwood, Long Island,
respectively, provide residential chemical dependency treatment
services for adolescents, 12 to 17 years of age.
The comprehensive program design has been specifically
tailored and enhanced over the years to meet the needs of the
adolescents and families that we serve, incorporating family,
vocational/educational, health, recreational and aftercare services
into the mainstream of programming.
Through a self-help
model, the programs utilize positive peer pressure, along with an
organized work structure, vocational/life skills preparation and
individual introspection to challenge and equip the adolescents with
the tools and skills to assist them in a drug-free lifestyle.
Adolescents come to
Outreach House from any number of sources, including: parents and or
other family members, schools and community-based organizations,
court systems and criminal justice agencies, churches and
congregations and other social service providers.
The adolescents come from every race, culture, family and
economic background and from every part of the five boroughs and
Long Island.
The first part of
the process is a comprehensive assessment.
A trained assessment work meets with the adolescent and their
parent(s)/guardian(s) to ascertain information about all areas of
the adolescent's
life in order to make a decision as to whether the adolescent
requires and is appropriate for residential treatment.
The information is also utilized in the development of an
individualized treatment plan for the adolescent and his/her family.
The residential
portion of the treatment process actually consists of three phases:
orientation/early treatment, middle treatment and re-entry.
In order to move from one phase to another, the adolescent
must demonstrate that they have learned a number of skills and
behaviors and are meeting and/or working toward the goals in their
individual treatment plan. As
they progress, they assume greater responsibility and they earn
privileges. When it is
deemed appropriate, the adolescent will begin to go home on passes
and during the reentry phase, they may even begin attending his/her home school, while still living at Outreach House.
At the end of the residential portion of Outreach
House, the adolescents participate in a 6-month outpatient
aftercare program which helps them while they transition back to
their home and school environments.
Clinical Services Provided:
- Assessment and Treatment Planning
- On-site Schooling (Provided by NYC Department of Education at
Outreach House I and by Eastern Suffolk BOCES at Outreach House
II)
- Toxicology Testing
- Health Education and Intervention
- HIV Education and Prevention
- Tobacco Cessation
- Family Education and Counseling, Parenting Group, Multi-Family
and Individual Family Counseling.
- Counseling for Siblings
- Individual and Group Therapy
- Aggression Replacement/Stress Management
- Didactic and Educational Groups
- Transition, Continuing Care and Follow-up
Locations:
Outreach House I
16-14 Weirfield St.
Ridgewood, NY 11385
Phone: (718) 456-7820
Fax: (718) 456-4007
Outreach House II
400 Crooked Hill Road
Brentwood, NY 11717
Phone: (631) 231-3232
Fax: (631) 231-3370
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