Re-Education of Emotionally Disturbed (Re-ED) Youth
A component of the intensive mental health treatment provided on Youth Villages’ Residential Treatment campuses, the Re-Education of Emotionally Disturbed (Re-ED) Youth therapy model includes a structured routine to help children settle into a regulated lifestyle with clearly set expectations and a system of rewards and consequences. Emphasizing accomplishments and competence-building activities, Re-ED reinforces positive behavior changes and allows children to build trusting relationships with their counselors, teachers and other adults.
Using Re-ED principles, Youth Villages teaches children:
- Live life now, not in the past.
- Trust between children and adults is essential.
- Be good at something; competence makes a difference.
- Time is an ally.
- Self-control can be taught.
- Intelligence can be taught.
- Feelings should be nurtured, shared spontaneously, controlled when necessary, expressed when too long repressed and shared with trusted others.
- The group is very important.
- Ceremony and ritual give order, stability and confidence.
- The body is the armature of the self.
- Communities are important.
- A child should know some joy in each day.
Social News
Sometimes a little encouragement goes a long way. That’s why we are passionate about helping children and youth cross that finish line into successful adulthood through programs like #YVLifeSet.
Classes are back in session and summer is almost over, but it was a memorable one! Take a look at all the fun activities our campuses enjoyed during summer 2019!
These awesome young people are a great example of sacrificing holiday time for a good cause. The members of @yvamericorps left campus at 4:30 a.m. on the 4th of July to support the AJC Peachtree Road Race
When D’Kerio as 16, he came to us for help after experiencing abuse, abandonment and an unstable home environment. Now, at 26 years old, D’Kerio stands by the tools and skills he learned from his counselors. He recently graduated from college with a degree in social work and is planning to help other young people find their own path to hope and healing. He returned to the Bartlett Campus in Memphis, Tennessee, as the keynote speaker for our 2019 graduation ceremony; sharing his story and inspiration with the children in our care.
Great place . I love everything about it . They are true angels on earth .
Success stories build hope for others who struggle..Fantastic and congrats...Thank you for your willingness to give back
Congratulations
Congratulations!
Congratulations D’Kerio. Best wishes for the future
Awesome D'Kerio!!!! So proud of you!!!
Beautiful story!
Congrats young man
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thats wonderful news
Thank you, D'Kerio!!!!
1 in 3 children enter the foster care system because of parental drug use. We are vigilantly working to reunite children and youth with their family safely through programs like YVIntercept.
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Dramatic rise in children entering foster care due to parents’ drug use, study finds
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There’s been a large increase in foster care entries in the United States due to parental drug use, according to a study published Monday in the medical journal JAMA Pediatrics.