Residential Treatment
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The Intensive Treatment Units and Stabilization Critical Care Unit: a therapeutic and educational setting for youth who have:
- Significant mental health and psychiatric needs
- Demonstrated self-injurious, risk-taking and/or aggressive behaviors
- Co-occurring mental health and substance abuse
- Broad IQ ranges, including those lower than 70
- Experienced trauma and abuse
- Attachment issues
- Borderline personality traits
While our Intensive Treatment Units can serve youth with a wide variety of issues, our program is not appropriate for youth struggling with the following:
- Youth with sexual offending behaviors
- Youth with significant fire-setting behaviors
- Youth with diagnosed eating disorders
- Youth with a history of severe aggression with weapons
- Pregnant youth
- Youth with significant ASD presentations (ASD2/ASD 3 with high support needs)
- Youth with FS IQs below 40 (50/60?) or with significant cognitive impairments that would impact their ability to fully grasp the concepts of our DBT curriculum
- Youth with a primary substance use disorder or in need of medical detox
- Youth with significant medical issues beyond the scope of our medical team
The Monarch Center for Autism: a therapeutic and educational setting for youth who have:
- A primary diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or other Intellectual/Developmental Disorder (I/DD) that includes symptoms/features consistent with ASD
- Demonstrated self-injurious, risk-taking and/or aggressive behaviors
- Demonstrated co-morbid mood disturbances that is secondary to ASD
- Demonstrated deficits in activities of daily living (ADLs)
- Demonstrated deficits in judgement and problem-solving skills that impact one’s ability to maintain safety
Ready To Make a Referral?
Finding the right treatment program can be an overwhelming task for caregivers. At Bellefaire, our Admissions team can assist in determining if our program is a good fit for your youth’s treatment needs and navigating the referral process. Each referral is assigned a dedicated Admissions Specialist to review documentation, assess clinical fitness for our program, and provide support and guidance for caregivers navigating this journey with their struggling youth. In addition to connecting with guardians and referral sources, our admissions team requires the following documentation at the point of referral:
- Recent diagnostic assessments or psychological evaluations
- When applicable, CANS assessments
- IEP/504 Plans or educational assessments
- Discharge summaries from prior treatment providers
- Documentation for any significant medical issues
- Completed Residential Application Form
How is Residential Placement Funded?
Families frequently partner with outside stakeholders and treatment team members to fund residential treatment. Common funding partners include school districts, county children service boards, county family and children first councils, OhioRISE, and juvenile court systems. Bellefaire is not in-network with any commercial insurance provider for residential treatment.
The Admissions Process:
| Step One: | Consult with external stakeholders to confirm residential and educational funding |
| Step Two: | Gather clinical documentation and submit with the completed application form to admissions@bellefairejcb.org |
| Step Three: | Documentation Review by Admissions Team (generally takes 24-48 hours for behavioral health residential and up to 2 weeks for Monarch referrals) |
| Step Four: | Notification of admissions decision or request for interview |
| Step Five: | Confirmation of residential/educational funding |
| Step Six: | Admission |
Have questions and need to speak with our Admissions Team? Please call 216-320-8502 or email admissions@bellefairejcb.org.
