Brightside for Families & Children
Residential Treatment and Special Education
Residential Treatment and Special Education
for Children and Their Families
A Focus on Family
The goal of the Brightside Treatment Center is to help children, their families
and support systems to reach a point where continued constructive development
can take place in the least restrictive setting possible. Treatment focuses on
identifying what needs to be modified and addressed in a child's behavior to allow
for a less restrictive placement, and identifying what modifications are required
in the environment to accept and support the child's continued
development. The success of this treatment approach relies on the ability of
our agency to form a team with the child and his/her family/guardian, support
system and referring agencies.
Family members, parents and guardians are actively involved in all phases of
treatment, including:
* Participation and visitation
* Treatment planning process
* Treatment reviews
* Social and recreational activities (e.g., parent educational and support groups,
family day picnics and activities)
* Learn new approaches to an effective child/parent relationship
Overview
The Brightside Treatment Center and Campus School is a therapeutic milieu that
provides treatment for children with psychiatric, learning, emotional and behavioral
difficulties, and their families. The Center offers residential treatment services
for boys and girls ages 7 - 17 in four campus-based units and a community-based
program.
The Brightside Campus School is a Chapter 766 approved private school divided
into elementary, middle and high school components. The school also offers a pre-vocational
and vocational evaluation program and the opportunity for students to participate
in three different vocational curricula. Some students who transition to the community
based residential program may also have the opportunity to attend a public school.
Brightside Treatment Center and Campus School offers a variety of opportunities, including:
* Recreational on- and off-campus activities
* Olympic-sized swimming pool
* Basketball courts
* Baseball diamond
* Athletic fields
* Regularly scheduled goal-focused activities
* Outdoor Adventure Programming (canoeing, hiking/backpacking)
* School and community sports teams participation
* Community volunteers who participate in a variety of our programs (reading
clubs, games night)
* Regular trips to the Basketball Hall of Fame for sponsored activities and events