Overview
- Location: Portland
- Ages Served: 8 – 18 years
- Diagnoses: Primary diagnosis is a developmental disability (autism spectrum disorder) frequently coupled with a combination of disorders such as mental illness and/or personality disorder.
Services
- Residential Treatment with Intensive 1:1 Support and Supervision
- Therapeutic Milieu Treatment
- Individual/Group/Family Therapy
- Psychiatric Oversight and Medication Management
- Components of Applied Behavioral Analysis and Behavior Modification
- Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)
- Structured recreational and social activities which promote community integration
Contact us
Mary Melquist, Ph.D.
Director of Admissions
(207) 871-1200
mmelquist@spurwink.org
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Office Location
899 Riverside Street, Portland, Maine |
Additional program infrormation
Spurwink’s Staff Intensive Program provide an alternative to placement in an out-of-state facility and avert hospitalizations for many of the youth it serves. Each child receives a highly personalized program to address his or her needs, stabilize behavior and evaluate readiness for a less restricted environment. We provide a seamless experience of entry, treatment and discharge for both the child and family. Effective programming is provided through intensive monitoring and supervision coupled with specialized intervention skills.
- Intensive interdisciplinary approach to the treatment and care of each child that includes disciplines of psychiatry, psychology, social work, occupational therapy and speech/language pathology.
- Close contact with families and placement/receiving and receiving entities as youth move between either a hospital or crisis center and a biological or foster home environment, which enhance carryover of interventions.
- Assessment and consultation to the discharge setting to best prepare for the child’s successful arrival and continued stay.
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