Community-Based

Aggression Replacement Training (ART) focuses on development of individual competencies to address various emotional and social aspects that contribute to aggressive behavior in youth. Program techniques are designed to teach youth how to control their anger impulses and use positive alternatives. The main goal is to prevent and reduce aggression and violence among youth by providing them with opportunities to learn prosocial skills in place of aggressive behavior.

Adelphoi recognizes the need to for all youth to develop the skills necessary to manage the transition from adolescence to adulthood. The primary goal of the Community Independent Living Skills In-Home Services program is to teach the “hard skills” in a hands-on approach to help prepare the youth to live on their own. Youth develop competencies in the following areas: money management and consumer awareness, food management, personal appearance, health and safety, housekeeping, transportation, educational planning, job seeking skills, job maintenance skills, emergency and safety skills, knowledge of community resources, interpersonal skills, legal skills, leisure activities, and housing.

Family Relationship Coaching provides Supervised Visitation in an environment where the children and parents can interact while being observed by Adelphoi staff. The interactions promote parent/child bonding and positive relationship building in a safe and nurturing setting. Services offered within the program include Visit Coaching, a model used as a primary tool for engaging the family and building on parental strengths to guide and improve parenting; and Triple P, engaging parents in a skill building curriculum that provides simple and practical strategies to develop strong health relationships with their child while managing their child’s behaviors.

The In-Home Services program provides instruction and support around basic life skills that will assist youth and families to obtain, maintain and sustain permanency.  All services will be child-centered, family-focused, and trauma informed. The In-Home program is designed to preserve the family unit and decrease recidivism by empowering the family with the appropriate skills necessary to identify the life skills that need addressed and to locate community supports and resources to sustain an improved level of family functioning.

The Prevention, Treatment and Aftercare Program provides in-home assessment and treatment services to youth and their families based on the referral reason, and identified goals. Treatment interventions are implemented to address preventative and post placement care for delinquent and dependent youth experiencing trauma,  sexually acting out behaviors, anger management or who need family preservation services.

PTSD services include assessment and treatment to delinquent and dependent adolescents with a history of trauma and identified and documented symptoms of PTSD.  Both individual and family therapy are provided to assist with managing the impact of maladaptive behaviors linked to past trauma. The intensive trauma services assist clients and their identified caretakers in preventing out of home care or achieving a level of reintegration that is conducive to success.

The Truancy Diversion Program addresses the issues surrounding truancy with both the student and their parents via a multidisciplinary team approach.  The multidisciplinary team will consist of the student, parents, school districts, and other community providers/resources. The goal is to empower the family with the skills in the areas identified to improve and sustain their child’s school attendance

The Family Advocacy and Support Program uses a strength-focused process to help families reach their desired goals. The Parent Mentor and Child/Parent advocate levels of care provide a supportive, family-centered approach that respects the family’s culture and values. The Family Support and Advocacy Program will work with the family to identify the service they need as well as connect and develop their natural supports and community resources.

High Fidelity Wraparound is a team-based, collaborative process for developing and implementing individualized care plans for children with behavioral health challenges and their families. In this program, each family is assigned a facilitator and a family support partner who will help them identify goals and develop an individualized plan to meet the family’s identified goals. A coach/ supervisor is available for consultation and to ensure fidelity to the model and principles.

Multisystemic Therapy (MST) is an evidence-based intervention for at-risk youth that has been proven to reduce antisocial behavior and juvenile delinquency. The focus of MST is on empowering caregivers to solve current and future problems by focusing on the entire ecology of the youth – family, peers, schools, and neighborhoods. Therapists have small caseloads and are available to families 24/7 over the course of approximately 3 to 5 months. This approach focuses on the natural environment of the child and family and strives to change how the child functions within the context of his/her home, school, neighborhood and peer group. A major emphasis of MST is to empower the parents of caregivers with the skills and resources needed to become independent in addressing the difficulties that arise in raising adolescents, and to assist the youth in developing life-long coping skills.

Adelphoi is the leading provider of MST Services in the state of Pennsylvania.

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As the largest provider of MST services in Pennsylvania, Adelphoi is a driving force in the provision of MST Services to youth and families, as well as in delivering training and consultation to other providers. As a Network Partner authorized by MST Services, Inc., our team of master’s level specialists is able to help you navigate the process toward becoming a licensed MST provider.