Diaries of a Treatment Counselor

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There are approximately 14 rating classification levels of care for children in California, each of which represents more therapeutic and more restrictive care. With a rating classification of 14, a short-term residential therapeutic program is the highest level of placement that offers intensive mental health services for youth with severe emotional and behavioral problems. The … Read more Follow your program!

23 Things they don’t tell you about the foster system bill of rights

  How can children in the foster care system know when his or her rights have been violated, especially if he or she is in a group home setting where they feel isolated and scared to speak out? Along with a variety of internalizing symptoms, such as anxiety or depression, this child isn’t in a … Read more 23 Things they don’t tell you about the foster system bill of rights