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 Admission Criteria and Guidelines General Guidelines for Admission Males or females ages 12-21 requiring comprehensive, intensive residential behavioral health treatment and who may benefit from one of New Hope’s treatment programs.  Adolescents who require a secure residential setting, 24-hour supervision and a daily treatment milieu that is self-contained. Adolescents who do not present a continuous elopement risk. Adolescents who are able to manage basic bodily functions and have basic self-care skills. Adolescents who are free from symptoms of active psychosis. Adolescents who are free from current suicidal or homicidal ideation. The adolescent’s behavior is such that he does not require extensive physical restraint or seclusion for assaultive or destructive behavior. Residents over age 17 must have appropriate court supervision / case management, and funding in place through the home state or municipality to ensure the resident can continue to benefit from programming beyond age 18. Additional Guidelines for Admission New Hope is generally able to admit and treat adolescents whose behaviors are such that they do not require excessive restraint or seclusion for their assaultive or destructive behaviors. Although in some cases we do accept and treat youth with histories of documented physical aggression, we cannot serve extremely aggressive residents who are likely to put other residents or staff at risk or who regularly disrupt the treatment of others. Although New Hope generally uses IQ ranges as a benchmark or guideline in program overviews, we do not use minimum IQ score as criteria for admission. Each referral is assessed individually as to verbal, cognitive, and social skills in addition to documented intellectual and adaptive functioning to determine if the resident is appropriate for one of our treatment programs. However, an adolescent who has an intellectual handicap or deficits in adaptive functioning that would prevent him or her from benefiting from treatment are generally not appropriate for our programs. Adolescents who are actively psychotic or have an Axis II personality disorder, autism, or pervasive developmental disorders are generally not appropriate for our programs. |
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