Youth Villages-Inner Harbour Campus offers new, leading-edge brain-based services for troubled youth ages 5-21 who have significant developmental challenges, neurological and cognitive issues or neurodevelopmental disorders.

Neurodevelopmental disorders addressed include:

• Autism Spectrum Disorders (Autism, Asperger’s, PDD)
• Learning Disabilities
• Organic Brain Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
• Severe ADHD and other impulsive/explosive behaviors

Brain-based services may include:

• EEG/QEEG Assessment
• EEG Neurofeedback
• Pre/Post Measurable Outcomes
• HeartMath
• Emotion Recognition and Communication Programs
• IVA: Continuous Performance Test for Med Management
• Cognitive Enhancement Software
• Alpha-Stim/CES
• Auditory Visual Stimulation

General services may include:

• Social Skills Groups
• Life Skills & Vocational Instruction
• Individual, Group & Family Therapies
• Psychiatric Evaluation
• Psychiatric Medication Management
• Case Management
• Discharge Planning

• Brain Gym
• Equine Therapy
• Animal Assisted Therapy
• Art Therapy
• Recreational Therapy
• Therapeutic Drumming
• Yoga
• Ropes Course

• Child & Adolescent Psychiatrists
• Licensed Nursing Staff (24-hour coverage)
• Licensed Certified Teachers
• Masters Level and Licensed Therapists
• Recreational Therapists
• Experienced Mental Health Professionals

Clinical approval for these services requires one or more of the following conditions:

• DSM-IV-R diagnosable mental disorder
• IQ 50 and above
• Significant neurodevelopmental challenges, including Autism Spectrum Disorders, Organic Brain Syndrome and Communication/Speech/Language Disorders
• Child or adolescent exhibits behaviors that are dangerous to self or others
• History of failed or insufficient treatment or inaccessibility of outpatient treatment
• Unmanageable behavior in the home
• Evidence of severe dysfunction within the community or school system

Education

Inner Harbour is an accredited school with specially trained teachers who weave educational objectives into every activity. The school is committed to the creation of secure learning environments that promote mutual respect and trust between students and teachers. Our faculty believes that every student is capable of successful achievements in the learning process. Through experience, we have found that many students are resistant and unmotivated as a result of emotional difficulties, differences in learning styles, repeated experiences of failure and feelings of worthlessness. As we encourage students to reflect and evaluate how they learn, they become personally involved in their educational and social experiences.

Clinical Model

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is one of the clinical treatment models utilized at Inner Harbour. DBT is for people who are experiencing intense, negative emotions that interfere with their daily lives. The goal of DBT at Inner Harbour is to teach our youth effective ways to regulate emotions, deal with distressing situations, and to improve relationships.

Goals of Treatment

• Improve cognitive functioning, learning skills, and ability to follow through on tasks
• Increase appropriate social interaction, listening and communication skills
• Address serious behavior problems such as tantrums, aggression, self-injury, destructive behaviors, hyperactivity, and non-compliance
• Decrease repetitive and restrictive patterns of behavior
• Identify skills, strengths and abilities and enhance self-esteem
• Improve IQ, achievement scores, and school performance
• Reduce or eliminate medication

A Leader Since 1962

Youth Villages-Inner Harbour Campus is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations and the Association for Experiential Education.

Youth Villages-Inner Harbour Campus specializes in treating children and adolescents with significant psychiatric illnesses and impairments in behavioral, cognitive, emotional, familial, and/or social functioning. Admissions approval requires both clinical and financial clearance. Our services are covered by most major medical insurances. Inner Harbour admits youth regardless of race, sex, creed, color, religion or national origin.

4685 Dorsett Shoals Road
Douglasville, GA 30135
p: 770-852-6333
f: 770-920-2745