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Our small, all-girls, nurturing environment
provides the springboard to healing and wellness. A
smaller program allows for more individualized treatment
and a lot of one-on-one time for each student—an ideal
situation for students who might also struggle with a
learning disability or be emotionally delayed. Because
overall census is small and because therapist caseloads
never exceed 5 girls, Moonridge staff have the time,
training, and focus to hone in on the root cause of acting
out behaviors rather than dealing with superficial
symptoms.
Students are given a peer mentor and a staff mentor that
help them to explore the “why” and “how come” of
behaviors. They are taught new skills to prepare them for
the future. A few of the skills sets taught at Moonridge
include:
Expressing feelings before acting out
Social skills
Relationship skills
Communication about fears and hurt
Having healthy boundaries
Correctly reading social cues in social settings
Making good decisions “in the moment”
Learning how to get outside of “what I want to know”
Moonridge also believes in broad clinical
training to help girls with special needs. This training
includes EMDR and DBT modalities.
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