Services – Residential Treatment
Residential treatment facilities in Akron, Mt. Vernon/Knox County and Wooster are available for youth with emotional disturbances, behavioral and physical management issues and sexually dysfunctional behavior. Our residential programs represent the most intensive level of care and are often the first service used by a child in crisis. A quality diagnostic assessment and the development of an individual plan of services are very important parts of our residential programs.
The Village Network residential programs include individual, group and family therapy, expressive arts, art and recreational therapy, psychiatric treatment, nursing care and education through either an on-site school or tutoring.
Akron Network
The Akron Network, located near Portage Lakes, provides co-educational residential facilities for up to 24 youth. Life skills training, group and individual therapy and educational tutoring are some of the residential services provided. This residential campus provides specialized services for youth that exhibit emotional and behavioral management issues.
Residential Treatment – Mental Health
Mt. Vernon/Knox County Network
The Mt. Vernon/Knox County Network location is a co-educational, residential facility that accommodates approximately 20 youth. Independent living units for older adolescents are available. Youth come into the system in crisis. They need an immediate intervention and cannot remain in their homes due to emotional and behavioral management problems. Emergency admission and crisis intervention, along with the option of residential care, allow for the safe treatment of youth in crisis.
Children's Resource Center Trauma Informed Care Residential Program
Wooster Network, Boys’ Village Campus
The Boys’ Village residential campus consists of six program cottages, a clinical and therapeutic facility, and an on-grounds school operated in partnership with the Wooster City School district. This residential campus provides specialized services for youth that exhibit sexually dysfunctional behaviors. The Village Network treats youth at the first opportunity to significantly reduce the incidence of ongoing child sexual abuse.
A hallmark of The Village Network’s programming is the Responsible Living Program at the Wooster location. This program has gained national respect as a model program for youthful sexual offender treatment.
The Jennings and Eagles Special Needs Program provides a treatment alternative for youth with less cognitive ability than those served in the Responsible Living Program. This program combines the elements of the Teaching Family Model, Responsible Living Program and special resources of the Boys’ Village campus school to provide quality treatment options for lower-functioning youth.
The Summit Cottage Chemical Dependency program resides as a residential unit on the Wooster Boys’ Village campus. Youth who are typically multi-need or “dually diagnosed,” have a history of failure, and, due to the complexity of their problems, are often excluded from community-based treatment programs for substance abuse are treated in this program.
The Short-term Community Based Program is housed at the Wooster Network. This program has its referral base from juvenile courts and other children’s agencies, as well as DYS. The combination of the Responsible Living Program with a behavioral approach is the treatment approach used to motivate change.
Residential Treatment Wooster Boys’ Village Campus Responsible Living Program