Specialized Targeted Attachment Reactive Treatment Program (START)

Now serving male and female youth ages 6 to 19 with IQ of approximately 55 and above

24 Hour Referral Service
1-800-262-0065

or during business hours:

Fax a recent psychological evaluation
to 937-465-8690

email us at:
referrals@adriel.org

or fill out our
online referral form

Who should be referred to START?
The focus is on youth with neurological and developmental deficits coupled with having experienced repeated trauma through abuse and neglect. The result of these multiple factors is the difficulty in forming secure attachments and healthy human relationships. As a result, these youth create chaos and disharmony in their life with maladaptive behaviors.

What makes the START program stand out?
1. START provides a SAFE environment where youth can learn productive ways to develop healthy relationships. This is accomplished through enhanced security and individual bedrooms for each youth. A close staff to youth ratio increases supervision along with 24-hour awake staff.

2. Adriel's Teaching Family model is incorporated to provide a nurturing environment and teaching proactive social skills to prepare youth for integrating into society. This is accomplished through staff receiving intensive training and evaluation to correctly implement the Teaching Family Model with youth in care. With our model, youth receive a high level of structure and consistency so they know what the expectations and tolerance levels are and can then be successful with learning functional life skills.

3. Youth receive intensive therapeutic services to address maladaptive cognitive, emotional, and behavioral issues that prevent healthy functioning. The service youth receive include individual, peer/group and family therapy (when indicated) that is enhanced and individualized for each youth to address maladaptive behaviors that affect various dimensions of healthy relationship development. Intensive case management services focus on youth getting ready for and planning step down to a family environment.

Adriel also offers

Health Services
A registered nurse and psychiatrist are available to assist with psychiatric and medical care needs.

On -Campus School
Mac-A-Cheek Learning Center is a specialized public school located on Adriel's campus, which serves youth who are not able to participate in a typical school setting because of a broad range of educational and behavioral needs.

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