Raising a teenager today is not easy. The task is even more challenging when abuse, neglect, drugs or emotional problems are added to the mix. The caring, professional staff at Youth Home offers the help you need. We provide a range of services and programs for adolescents and their families.
Youth Home’s highly successful intensive psychiatric residential program specializes in the treatment of emotionally or behaviorally disturbed adolescents ages 12 to 18 who require inpatient therapy. The average length of stay is six months, depending on medical necessity.
The residential programs at Youth Home provide treatment to children with emotional, behavioral and psychiatric problems requiring 24-hour, safe, consistent care. Our programs are designed for children whose needs cannot be met by acute care or outpatient therapy.
Treatment includes individual, group and family therapy, all with a licensed clinical therapist. Professional recreation therapy is also included. Services are staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by professionals who care about each child.
Program components :
• Students attend Youth Home’s on-campus Siebert Educational Center
• Individual, group and family therapy
• Certified therapeutic recreation therapist
• Professionally trained residential treatment counselors
• Licensed clinical therapists
• Board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrists
• Nurses on campus 24/7
• Dietician
• Medication management, if necessary
Admission criteria:
• Diagnosed emotional or psychiatric difficulties requiring intensive treatment
• Able to benefit from a cognitive treatment approach
• Have tried less restrictive options and/or acute hospitalization
Youth Home offers day treatment services year-round for teens who live at home, yet need specialized academic and psychiatric services. Serious behavioral, emotional and/or educational problems may prevent these adolescents from functioning effectively in regular school settings. If a teen is unable to attend public schools, the Charles A. Frueauff wing of Youth Home’s Siebert Educational Center provides a professional educational setting with small, interactive classes.
Treatment includes individual, group and family therapy, all with a licensed clinical therapist. Recreation therapy is included in the treatment process. We also have a summer program while school is out.
Program components :
• Students attend Youth Home’s on-campus Siebert Educational Center
• Individual, group and family therapy
• Certified therapeutic recreation therapist
• Professionally trained behavioral specialists
• Licensed clinical therapists
• Board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrists
• Medication management, if necessary
Admission criteria:
• Referral from the student's home school district
Youth Home’s Family Therapy Services offer an off-campus program at a convenient location in west Little Rock. The staff of professional therapists provides counseling for children, families, individuals and couples, so everyone involved can learn to deal with issues such as sexual abuse, depression, domestic violence, divorce and contemporary family problems.
Program components :
• Develop skills such as conflict resolution and goal setting
• Build self-esteem, parenting and communication skills
• Spanish speaking therapist available
For more information about Youth Home's Outpatient Services, call 501.954.7470.
Insurance, major credit cards and Medicaid are accepted.
Youth Home’s community residential treatment program provides a homelike setting in the community, while continuing to offer necessary emotional and behavioral treatment for girls ages 12-18.
Treatment includes individual group and family therapy, all with a licensed clinical therapist. A licensed therapist directs recreational therapy. Services are staffed 24/7 by caring professionals.
Students may attend Youth Home’s on-campus Siebert Educational Center or a local public school.
Program components :
• Individual, group and family therapy
• Certified therapeutic recreation therapist
• Professionally trained mental health specialists
• Licensed clinical therapists
• Board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrists
• Medication management, if necessary
Admission criteria:
• Adolescent must be in custody of Division of Children and Families Services
• Able to benefit from a cognitive treatment approach
• Able to function in a less restrictive treatment setting
• Free of recent dangerous behavior
For further information on Youth Home's referral process or admission criteria, call our Admission Department at 501.821.5500.
Youth Home’s Siebert Educational Center offers our residential teenagers a quality education on-campus in small, interactive classes. Special education teachers work with our Day Treatment students each school day in the Charles A. Frueauff Wing of our Siebert Educational Center, providing an alternative for those unable to function in the public school setting.
Program components :
• Spacious classrooms
• Small, interactive classes
• School nurse
• Library with reading incentive program
• Full school day—five days a week, 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
• State approved educational program
• Highly structured curriculum
• Computer lab
• Certified special education teacher and behavioral specialist in each classroom
• Psychologist
Call Ann Greiman, Youth Home's Educational Services Manager, at 501.821.5500 for assistance.
"This is an Equal Opportunity Program."
If you have questions or would like to tour our beautiful campus in west Pulaski County, call 501.821.5500 or e-mail us at info@youthhome.org.
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