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Pride
Unit
The Pride Unit for males
ages 12-17 is a program serving those adolescents males with general
behavioral/ psychiatric problems that require the youth to be placed in a
secure and safe environment because the youth cannot be maintained safely in
the community. This program focuses on the special, individualized
psychiatric and treatment need of each youth, and utilizes a combination of
cognitive-behavioral treatment (CBT) and trauma-focused treatment in helping
these young men return to less restrictive levels of treatment in the
community.
This program is designed to treat residents who have mild MR/DD, learning
disabilities, lower functioning and/or severe social deficits. A combination
of cognitive-behavioral treatment (CBT), trauma focused cognitive behavioral
treatment (TF-CBT), and sex-offense specific treatment programming are used
in treating patients.
This program admits youth
based upon three principles:
1) risk for sexual
dangerousness
2) the special
psychiatric and treatment needs of the youth
3) the responsivity
principle ~ that the treatment and interventions match the needs and
characteristics of the youth.
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