Top Residential Family Treatment Program
Parent participation plays a crucial role in the success of teen therapy. When a teen is in therapy, the family is also in therapy. That’s why we create specific treatment protocols that involve parents and sometimes siblings. There are four ways Discovery Ranch South promotes parent therapy involvement:
Weekly Family Therapy
Every week, each teen and their family participate in a family therapy session with the family’s therapist through telephone or video teleconference. They are scheduled at times that best accommodate the family’s schedule. These sessions are critical to the student’s therapeutic progress and both parents are strongly encouraged to participate.
Beyond the Screen: Visits & Seminars
We believe that healing happens best when families are physically reunited throughout the process. In addition to weekly video sessions, we provide structured opportunities for you to be on-campus and for your daughter to return home:
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On-Campus Visits: You are encouraged to visit the ranch to practice new relational skills in a supportive environment. These progress from supervised campus visits to off-campus overnights.
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Parent Seminars: Three times a year, we host intensive seminars where you can experience the ranch alongside your daughter, meet the staff, and connect with other families.
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Home Visits: As your daughter nears completion of her program, home visits become a vital tool to test new skills in her natural environment and ensure a smooth transition back to the family.
Parent Seminar
Parent Seminar occurs three times a year, typically in February, June, and October. Parents can visit the Ranch and experience some of the activities that their teenager enjoys. Parents attend seminars designed to help them better understand their teen and the Discovery Ranch program. This gives parents an opportunity to meet our staff and their teen's peers.
Improved Family Relationships
The Discovery Ranch treatment brings parents and students together. With clinical guidance, they can identify and share emotions, as well as resolve conflict. They learn communication and behavioral skills that are fundamental to healthy, happy family relationships.
Online Parent Portal
Discovery Ranch South helps parents stay connected to their child's progress through a password-secured website. The Parent Portal lets parents review their teen’s academic progress, clinical information, and residential reports. They can also access pictures of their teen participating in special events and daily activities at the Ranch. This information is available only to the parents of each student, not to the Discovery Ranch community as a whole. Parents are encouraged to send questions or comments to the Discovery Ranch staff through the parent portal.
Use the link below to access the Parent Portal login. You will need to put in the username and password that you received during the admissions process.
Our Research & Outcomes Show Adolescent Girls Can Live a Life Free From Mental Health Issues
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75% of students report they are more comfortable sharing feelings with their parents.
75% of students & parents report significantly better family functioning
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90% of parents report teen is much better compared to the beginning of treatment
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96% of both parents and students showed consistent improvement on problem behavior (Y-OQ) and emotional problems tests (BPFS-C)
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100% of students report their problems are much better than when they began
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Six months after graduation, 100% of parents and students say that their problems are much better than when they began