F.W. Schumacher (FWS) is a voluntary live-in treatment program that operates as a staff model live-in treatment service within a therapeutic milieu for children and youth between the ages of 12-15 years who reside in the Districts of Cochrane and Timiskaming.
The live-in treatment program accepts children and youth who are experiencing emotional and/or behavioural needs within the home or community setting with the plan of reintegrating them into their family system or an acceptable social system in collaboration with the family and/or referring agent.
The program is designed to provide intervention services in a supportive and structured environment, allowing the child/youth to develop skills over a minimum 6-month period. The live-in treatment program is one service component in a broader spectrum of community services.
Children and youth may be referred by their parent(s)/legal guardian(s) or by a professional working with them. The existing network of services already in place with the child/youth joins the live-in treatment program to assist in meeting specific and identified goals. The roles and responsibilities of family and service providers do not change during the period of placement, thus providing continuity through the child/youth's return to their home community.
Services provided include:
- Anger Awareness and Interpersonal Problem Solving
- Relationship Counseling
- Victim Awareness
- Thinking Errors
- Grief, Loss and Separation Counseling
- Self-Esteem and Life Skills
- Social Skill Development
- Day Treatment Program (Education)