‘’We believe kids have worth. Always.’’ Linda DeSouza

Royal Cowries F&I campus-based residential program offers to heal and hopes to children who have been mistreated – whose past experiences have built feelings of mistrust, anger and worthlessness. We offer safe places to overcome past harms and rediscover strengths that position children for success Our therapies are collaborative: we work together with kids and their families to undo the persistent harms of trauma. In addition to traditional talk therapy, we plant gardens, play sports, and practice life skills together. We work hard to provide a safe environment that offers the tools needed to promote self-worth and restore healthy development. Around 90 percent of kids who successfully complete our residential program move on to more independent settings like their families of origin, group homes or foster families.

CLIENT PROFILE

• Gender: Female/male
• Age: 11-18 years
• Average length of stay: six to twelve months
• Severe emotional disabilities

The Treatment :

The program offers a highly structured environment with intense supervision and therapeutic treatment intended to promote self-esteem, teach appropriate social and independent living skills and overcome the trauma of abuse and neglect. Respecting cultural diversity, the program uses a team approach that includes group living (milieu) therapy, clinical services, educational services, medical services, and an activities program.

Treatment Components :

• Intensive individual, group, family, and expressive therapies
• Life skills and social skills training
• Alcohol and other drug assessment and services, including Seven Challenges®
• Mentor relationships with youth counsellors
• Cultural, spiritual and recreational activities
• One-on-one and small-group therapeutic interventions by support counsellors
• Risking Connection® and Restorative Approach™

Specialized Programming :

The program provides specialized therapies—guided by highly skilled staff trained in state-of-the-art, evidence-based interventions—to address substance abuse, sexual behavior problems and self-inflicted violence.

• For youth with significant limitations in managing emotions, particularly anger & aggression
• Developmentally inappropriate or aggressive sexual behavior .
• Self-injurious behavior