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Overview
The majority of the students on The Charlton School campus have endured serious trauma, which has impacted their development of basic skills for self-regulation, sense of self and effectively forming healthy relationships. Our Students present with the following struggles:
Emotion Regulation Struggles: depression, dysthymia, bipolar, anxiety, personality disorders (borderline, histrionic, narcissistic traits)
Attachment Issues: adoption issues, identity issues, reactive attachment disorder
Trauma: abandonment, victims of abuse and/or neglect, bereavement, post-traumatic stress disorder
Symptomatic behaviors include: poor impulse control, poor social skills, promiscuity, severe control issues, self-destructive behaviors, academic decline, family conflict, low self-esteem, low motivation, oppositional behaviors.
Our therapists utilize an integrative approach to treatment that draws on:
Interpersonal-relational
Family systems
Cognitive-behavioral
Collaborative Problem Solving
Art-therapy
Equine Therapy
Group Work
Treatment typically begins with a careful assessment from different members of our
treatment team. Through this initial process we can determine the relative contributions
of trauma, family, and other factors for each student and their strengths as well as lagging Skills.
Based on these initial assessments and in close collaboration with the students, the
therapists’ develop individualized positive behavior support plans which guides all
individuals involved in a students treatment towards a common goal.
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