Children in this program are provided a safe and structured setting where attachment, learning and change can occur. Since children learn more through experience than talk, Wellspring takes great care in structuring the child's daily experiences and relationships as opportunities for healing. Wellspring's state approved therapeutic special education school is integrated into the program. Teachers are involved in the milieu programs as essential members of the Treatment Team. Therefore, school can proceed within the residential setting as an important aspect of treatment.
Discharge planning begins upon admission.
Removal from the home is only temporary to provide safety and structure for learning and change that can be tested in trial visits home. Continuity of care can be sustained for some children and families through our extended day treatment programs. Within this vital framework of family unity, milieu therapy, therapeutic schooling, and continuity of care, children can risk relationships once again and experience themselves as young people of value.