At Copper Hills Youth Center, we know how hard it is to watch young women make poor choices. We see each young woman’s full potential and work with girls help them make the right choices that will help them succeed in life. Our program offers a positive setting that emphasizes working together and taking responsibility for actions.
Copper Hills provides 24-hour supervision in an intermediate, secure setting for girls ages 12-17. The girls in our program have a psychiatric disorder, such as anxiety problems, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder or depression, and have generally failed outpatient therapies or other attempts to recover.
We customize treatment plans based on an evaluation given during admission to diagnose problems. Each resident receives individual and group therapy, medication management, recreational therapy and an education that meets requirements and ties in with therapy.
Girls Track A and B
Not all girls learn or progress in the same way, which is why we provide separate units to allow girls to learn in a way that is geared toward their needs. We refer to these units as Track A & Track B.
Both tracks allow girls to advance to upper levels and include a positive setting, group meetings and correction of thinking errors.
Progressive Level System
Residents are provided with a structured environment guided by a progressive levels and points system. Clear expectations are established, along with privileges and rewards for good behavior. While most residents don’t like the highly-structured environment at first, they are able to track their progress and change accordingly. Girls are also regularly evaluated throughout the course of their treatment journey.
Positive Peer Culture
At Copper Hills, we understand the importance of having peers support and encourage you, and we try to maintain such an environment here. We believe that the involvement of peers (fellow residents), along with Copper Hills staff, contributes to learning, guidance and positive change. Peers are often able to see and address problems with thinking and behavior in a way that adults can’t, allowing children to change their behavior when needed.
Group Meetings
Our programming provides a series of groups that are divided into four categories:
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Skill-development groups, including:
- Anger management
- Victim awareness
- Impulse control
- Values education and moral reasoning training
- Problem-solving training
- Social-thinking skills for adolescents
- Refusal skills
- Cognitive Restructuring
- Communication skills
- Money management
- Daily-living skills
- Stress management
- Helping groups are structured daily meetings conducted by a mentor resident. Community issues, level advancements and problems are discussed in these groups.
- Group therapy is held on a weekly basis and conducted by a licensed therapist. These groups focus on treatment issues.
- Chemical dependency groups are conducted on a weekly basis for those residents who have substance abuse problems. All residents are required to attend weekly chemical education classes, even if they have not been diagnosed with a substance abuse problem.
These groups are designed to help treatment move more quickly and to help the resident be a productive member of their community.