Residential Diversion Program, Children and Adolescents, Martinsville

National Counseling Group's Residential Diversion Program provides a versatile treatment program designed to create change within an individual’s home environment, thereby diverting a likely long term placement in a residential facility and reducing the ongoing treatment needs upon return to home and community. Strategies for intervention and facilitating progress will be created based on both individual and family needs and will be incorporated into a level system that will serve as the family’s guide to change.



The program plan will include the following:

• Comprehensive evaluation of individual and family functioning;
• Development of individualized treatment goals and therapeutic interventions;
• Development of home contract;
• Utilization of level system;
• Family therapy;
• Individual counseling;
• Behavior management;
• Mentoring;
• Life skills;
• Academic enrichment activities;
• 24 hour crisis intervention;
• Case management;
• Weekly team meetings with parents and other involved professionals.

Additional components may include:

• Electronic monitoring;
• Medication monitoring;
• Drug and alcohol screening;
• Substance Abuse Education;
• Outpatient Substance Abuse or Dual Diagnosis Treatment;
• Anger Management;
• Therapeutic Recreation.

Admission criteria includes:

• Residential placement is imminent; the recommendation has been made and a program search is pending or underway;
• Parent(s) are committed to participation;
• A client is transitioning home from a residential setting OR is being discharged prior to completion of a residential program;
• Less intensive forms of clinical care have failed to produce a successful outcome.