Edgewood

Edgewood is licensed as a 6 bed, co-ed facility providing comprehensive integrated mental health and substance abuse treatment services to youth ages 16-21. The Edgewood program is designed to offer intensive, focused treatment and rehabilitative services to promote a successful return of the youth/young adult to family or community and self-sufficiency. Focus is on improvement of clients’ symptoms through the use of strength- and evidence-based trauma informed strategies such TF-CBT, individual therapy and group therapy, behavior management, medication management, monitoring as needed and active family engagement. Services are delivered in a structured, therapeutic milieu community under the direction of a team of licensed clinical social workers, certified mental health rehabilitation technicians and other agency and community partners.

The service activities of Edgewood’s Residential Treatment include:

• Diagnostic and assessment services;
• Development of a treatment plan;
• Psychiatric services;
• Medication management;
• Nurse educator services;
• Evidenced-based treatment interventions;
• Individual and group interventions that focus on integrated dual diagnosis treatment of mental health and addiction and harmful use/abuse issues and relapse prevention, if indicated, including substance abuse education.
• Rehabilitative services/activities that support the development of age-appropriate daily living skills, positive behavior management/support, self sufficiency, and achievement of their goals;
• Trauma informed psycho-education services and activities that support and encourages the primary caregivers/ parents’ ability to re-integrate the child into the home or community.