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Willow Creek Treatment Center- Santa Rosa, CA

Willow Creek Treatment Center, a division of Victor Treatment Centers, Inc., is located in Santa Rosa, in beautiful Sonoma County. Located 45 miles north of San Francisco, the area affords many opportunities for diverse recreational outings. Bodega Bay, the Pacific Ocean beaches, and many state parks are just a few of the resources that are used to expand our clients' abilities to enjoy leisure activities and improve their social skills. Willow Creek services 42 emotionally disturbed youngsters in seven residential homes.

The objective of Willow Creek Treatment Center is to provide intensive treatment services in the community for SED adolescents who have had multiple placement failures and would otherwise require more restrictive and costly care in state hospital settings. Our goals are to provide a safe, structured, professionally staffed treatment setting, and to discharge youths to a less restrictive environment within 12-24 months.

 

 

 
 
We specialize in serving youth who have a history of abuse, neglect, and multiple placement failures. Our program provides a stable, structured and nurturing atmosphere which affords the children the opportunity to rest and grow while being valued and protected. Our goal is to help children develop self-esteem, self-respect, and a sense of responsibility, with control over the direction and quality of their lives. We provide the necessary social, personal, and academic skills to successfully move to a lower level of care or return home allowing the children to pursue their long-term goals and aspirations.

The youths are referred through the contracting counties' Departments of Mental Health, Departments of Social Services, and Probation Departments. Appropriate referrals are children who are behaviorally or emotionally disturbed to the point that they cannot be maintained in a less restrictive environment. Exceptions are children with an IQ below 71, severe organic brain damage, or whose dysfunctional behavior is a manifestation of criminal or sociopathic personality structure.

Willow Creek provides a wide range of mental health services through a Day Treatment Program that is certified by the State of California, Department of Health Services. Services include a mental health assessment, psychiatric/medication management; family individual and group therapy; life skills and community integration; case management; and psychoeducational classes.

In addition to the wide range of services provided by all programs, as described herein, Willow Creek also provides the following specialized program, which has been awarded the Certificate of Recognition by the California State Senate.
DEAF & HARD-OF-HEARING PROGRAM
We are pleased to announce that we expanded our deaf and hard-of-hearing program at Willow Creek Treatment Center and North Valley School to include latency age children, ages eight to twelve. We will also continue to provide care for adolescent youths ages twelve to eighteen. Our program provides for disturbed (SED) children who are unable to attend regular schools. Due to organic or environmental reasons, the children require intensive behavioral and emotional support and many require medical attention. Until now, these SED children had no other choice except state hospitals.

The deaf and hard-of-hearing program includes clinicians, residential supervisors and counselors, and classroom staff fluent in sign language. Staff interpreters facilitate communication with hearing students, staff and the community. While we are integrated with the hearing program, we have two deaf classrooms and two deaf houses including the new latency age house which accommodates our deaf clients special needs.
RESIDENTIAL SERVICES
The houses accommodate six to eight youths in a homelike atmosphere. The youths enjoy games, arts and crafts, outdoor activities, cooking, outings, and privileges earned by our structured point system. They are taught living skills that develop independence and self-sufficiency to prepare them for a less restrictive setting. The residential program is based on a strong behavior modification system.
STAFFING
All staff members are certified through their training with Victor Training in Therapeutic Intervention for assault response, CPR and First Aid. The classes are conducted by certified trainers and our staff must complete 80 hours of training prior to working with our residents.

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