Windwood Family Services

Our psychiatric residential treatment facility (prtf): care in our prtf setting is required when the youth's medical condition, safety, or health would be significantly and directly threatened if care was provided in a less intensive setting. This program opened in may 2010 and is provided on our 110-acre campus. We take a holistic approach to treatment; we believe that youth must continue to engage in normal developmental activities and enrichment along with the therapeutic interventions provided. Education Services, medical care, and a healthy nutrition program are included during their placement with us. Nursing staff, licensed therapists, behavior interventionists, and direct care staff are on staff 24 hours a day. The primary goal of this program is to prepare the youth and (continued sch. O)

Our Family community centered support Services: Windwood has provided this service since 2012. During that time over 6,000 families received our Services. Seven Family resource specialists provide this vital in-home service. Family centered practice is a way of working with families, both formally and informally, across service systems to enhance their capacity to care for and protect their Children. It focuses on Children's safety and needs within the context of their families and communities and builds on families' strengths to achieve optimal outcomes. Families are defined broadly to include birth, blended, kinship, and foster and adoptive families. Our prevention Services are aimed at addressing conditions affecting the stability of Family life such as: (continued on sch. O)

Our qualified residential treatment program (qrtp): our group Home program has operated since Windwood opened its doors in 1985. A qrtp is new enhanced form of group care; it is a high-quality treatment setting. This program focuses its Services on Children who are currently in our state's child welfare custody. This is an environment that is designed to be treatment-focused and short term; that provides access to 24-hour nursing and clinical staff; that provides at least.six months of Family focused aftercare. This program is accredited by coa, a national accrediting entity. As part of the initial 30-day assessment our clinical team is required to convene a meeting of Family members and others with significant relationships with the child in order to gain (continued schedule o)