Live-in Treatment – The Megan Residence

Our Live-In Treatment Program is a volunteer program offered to young people who are coping with an array of psychological, emotional, and/or behavioural challenges.

Type:

Family Therapy, Individual Therapy, Intensive

Age:

12 – 18 years

Fees:

Free

Referral:

Referral required.
Referral must be made by a service coordinator or mental health professional through Help Ahead Central Point of Intake.

Eligibility:

Youth coping with psychological, emotional, and/or behavioural challenges

Languages offered:

English

Location:

The Megan Residence

Hours:

Operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

To make a referral

Call Help Ahead at 1-866-585-6486

Program focus: Abuse, Behaviour Difficulty, Child Welfare, Life Skills, Mental Health, Trauma

Our all gendered Live-In Treatment Program is a volunteer program offered to youth who are coping with an array of psychological, emotional, and/or behavioural challenges that interfere with their daily lives and can no longer live at home and are seeking support.

Youth live in a large home called The Megan Residence with other youth. Their daily routines are highly structured, providing a safe, predictable environment, which promotes self-reliance in preparation for independent living or semi-independent living, transition back home or into the community, or a move to adult mental health services.

Using Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) as the basis for treatment, we provide short and long-term treatment in collaboration with clinicians such as psychiatrists and psychologists. When family (biological or chosen) are involved, we require them to participate in the youth’s treatment as we utilize a Family Systems Model to support wholistic care. Each youth enrolled in our Live-In Treatment Program will be assigned an individual and family therapist to provide both individual and family therapy.

To make a referral

Call Help Ahead at 1-866-585-6486

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