established in 1986, is a long-term residential treatment center specializing in treating adolescents who have not been successful in other treatment settings. Our strength and success lie in our intense clinical approach combined with a chemical dependency component....

The philosophical question is often asked, “what do we do with young teens who have committed violent crimes,” or “what makes a child do such a thing.” The far majority of young teens committing crimes are products of the same. Many are abused or neglected, most are reared as much by their environment as they are by a caregiver, and others are manipulated, exploited, and taught by a “street cult...