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Many children are suffering from both mental health disorders
and substance abuse problems. These youngsters are unable to function
in the community despite receiving extensive recovery services and are
in need of residential services.
Because of the significant overlap among mental health
diagnoses and substance abuse disorders Jackson-Feild has developed a
new program that will utilize an integrated treatment model where our
therapists seek ways to understand and heal underlying causes of
addiction such as trauma, low self-esteem and unresolved pain. This
concurrent approach uses two treatment interventions simultaneously.
Located in two renovated former staff houses, the Addiction
and Recovery Treatment Program can serve up to six children. They do not
interact with the children in our mental health program. Their
schooling will be provided by our Gwaltney School faculty in the houses.
The licensed and credentialed addiction professionals help
facilitate their healing and recovery by providing clinically directed
services designed to stabilize and manage substance abuse symptoms and
to develop recovery skills.
Sadly more than 50,000 Americans die annually from drug
overdoses. Jackson-Feild's ARTS program is intended to do our small part
to address this nationwide epidemic.
