"Aftercare specialist"
Homeward Bound is partnering with a number of programs and an EdCon Company. Some relevant info:
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New Partnership Offers Unique Help to Troubled Teens and FamiliesTurnabout/Stillwater Academy and Homeward Bound Unite to Provide Greater Aftercare ServicesSalt Lake City, Utah, May 8, 2008 – Research shows lasting success among teens graduating from a residential treatment program is largely based on three components: family involvement during treatment, the return to a stable home environment, and the availability of aftercare support for youth and their families. For more than twenty years, Turnabout/Stillwater Academy has been incorporating these fundamentals into its treatment program, and now in partnership with aftercare leader Homeward Bound, Turnabout will offer troubled teens and their families more comprehensive aftercare services aimed at achieving greater long-term success.
"Through our combined efforts, Turnabout's graduating students and families will be more prepared for the real-world and will have higher levels of success than ever before," said Dr. Tim Thayne, founder and CEO of Homeward Bound. "While Turnabout has always been conscientious about how they help parents, this integrated program shows their full commitment to the process of aftercare."
As part of the new aftercare services, every family who comes to Turnabout will be given a Turnabout therapist and a Homeward Bound transition specialist, who work together to prepare teens and their families for the return home. The transition specialist educates parents on the transition process, assists them in making a transition plan, and provides them with vital support after their teen's graduation. Families will also have access to the Family Bridge, Homeward Bound's internet based program used for coordination and communication between the family, the family support team, their Turnabout therapist, and their transition specialist.
"Turnabout has always approached treatment with this end in mind—we want families to be successful after the program," said Scott Jones, program director at Turnabout. "Homeward Bound gives us more tools and experts to do just that, and I believe other treatment programs and professionals will look to our joint model as an example of what is possible in the field."
For more information on Turnabout and its partnership with Homeward Bound, contact Turnabout's program director Scott Jones.