LIGHTHOUSE – Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF)

Program Description

Lighthouse is a secured Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility located in Brynn Marr Hospital. This specialized program provides therapeutic services to children and adolescents with mental retardation (or other developmental disabilities) and co-occurring mental illness (DDMI). Lighthouse treats boys ages 10 through 17. Our residents unique developmental needs are addressed by placing emphasis on increased socialization, communication, social relationship building, and appropriate self-expression skills utilizing a strength-based approach.

Program Components

At Lighthouse, we use a structured milieu to assist and provide support to our residents in achieving their determined treatment goals. We have realized success with our DDMI residents through programming that offers a strength-based approach along with frequent and/or immediate reinforcement. Our staff has been specially trained to facilitate the following unique programs, along with specialized training in working with the DDMI population.

• Actively Involved in Making it to Zero (AIMZ) Store – Incentive program for residents who have made efforts to manage thoughts and/or impulses of self harm or harm to others.
• Levels of Care – Our holistic approach to treatment.
• Observation – Constant and continuous observation in order to modify and develop best practices.
• Validation – Scoring of progress on an individual basis.
• An Interdisciplinary Assessment is completed on all patients.
• The Village Academy – This five day a week academic curriculum is certified by the Department of Non-public Instruction. Grades accumulated while at Brynn Marr are transferable. IEP’s are followed.
• Adjunctive Therapy – Challenging team based activities to encourage social skills and critical thinking, including art therapy, music therapy, recreational therapy and adventure based counseling (low-elements ROPES course).
• Individual & Family Therapy – Guided by a Masters prepared therapist to focus on specific treatment related issues. We encourage our residents to develop their own “person centered plan” with the assistance of a treatment team.
• Group Treatment
• Voluntary (non-denominational) spiritual service offered.
• Therapeutic trial visits with family, increasing as discharge approaches.

Admissions Criteria

• Boys and Girls ages 10 through 17.
• A DSM-IV diagnosis indicating the presence of a mental, emotional or behavioral impairment that is moderate to severe in nature, as well as a diagnosis of mental retardation or other significant developmental disabilities.
• Evidence of long-standing disturbances in daily functioning that cannot be attributed to the developmental disability alone.
• Resident is medically stable.
• There is reasonable expectation that treatment will improve behaviors.

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