adolescent treatment programs

who needs extended care treatment for adolescents?

Some clients come to us as their first stop in their recovery journey. Others may already have completed primary residential treatment, but need more structure and support during the transition back to normal life. Either way, our extended continuum of care can provide the building blocks for a new life. 

Extended care is vital in order to avoid the potentially disastrous impacts of drastic transitions: from short-term intensive inpatient treatment to unstructured sober living, or from residential treatment straight home — all of which can spark relapse. The structure that was imposed on the individual in treatment (the clinical schedule), cannot be sustained without ongoing attention to structure. We know that when a resident comes into an Extended Care Treatment environment, which initially provides the same degree of structure as treatment, the necessary healthy living skills can be (re)introduced and utilized in “real time”, in the real world, with the support and safety net of the Sustain Recovery staff and community.

While all adolescents are supported by extended care, these groups can particularly benefit:

Adolescents with co-occurring disorders

Adolescents facing issues at school

Adolescents facing legal issues

Adolescents who have relapsed before

Adolescents without a safe and sober home environment

Throughout the entire continuum, there is a focus on adult living skills, education, involvement in Twelve Step organizations, and fun in recovery. Each step of the way, adolescents are given opportunities to do worthwhile and esteem-able tasks, to help them foster their own self-esteem. Overall, it’s an opportunity to build the foundation for a lifelong experience of recovery.

adolescent academics at sustain

Every child is here to heal — but that doesn’t mean that learning has to stop entirely. We offer daily academics and can work with each client’s school to adapt curriculum as needed. This ensures that they can move forward in recovery without failing behind their peers. Led by a qualified Academic Coordinator, our program is adaptable to client needs and is a useful therapeutic tool as well. Our clinical team tracks mental health symptoms through school activities, adjusting the wider treatment plan as needed. Academic programming may include: