About The Calabrese Youth Center
This therapeutic program, offering the highest level of individualized care, is designed to assist youth ages 11-21 to resolve social, emotional, and behavioral difficulties so they can transition to less restrictive residential settings. It provides 24-hour residential services to youth ages 11-18, with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The Calabrese Youth Center has the capacity for 15 beds.
- All staff receive training on trauma-informed care, apply behavior analysis, and therapeutic interventions to ensure a safe space for our vulnerable population and to promote a culture of safety, empowerment, and healing. All staff are trained with the skills needed to prevent and, when necessary, manage behavioral incidents through Safety Care, QBS.
- Community based instruction supports independent living skills, and increases community safety, personal budgeting and executive functioning skills.
- High staff-to-youth ratios provide less restrictive environments and less invasive interventions.
- Consistent collaboration, coordination of care, and communication with guardians and youth teams.
Are You Interested In Working On The CYC Team?
CYC Resident Application
Contact
Kendra Priest
Kendra.Priest@Laradon.org