To develop long-term career goals and develop job skills. Program Abstract Clients are 16 to 18 years old. Clients generally have been in previous residential placements. Length of stay varies from six months to two years. Clients who have completed their education are required to work at least 20 hours per week at a job in the community.
All residents agree to a hands-off policy regarding violence while in the program.
Chronic non-compliance with rules and regulations is cause for termination. Family cooperation in treatment is not necessary, as residents are usually working towards eventual emancipation. However, counter-therapeutic family interference will be addressed by the coordinator or assigned family therapist. The treatment philosophy at the Euclid Avenue Group Home borrows from cognitive behavioral therapy and reality therapy. Staff members are adept at pointing out attempts by residents to avoid taking complete responsibility for their problems.