Abstract
In this chapter, an overview of Wediko Children’s Services short-term summer residential program will be discussed, with a focus on integrating family work and technology to connect families to the treatment of their children and to support families in gaining skills to better help their children. The Wediko Summer Program is a short-term residential program for boys and girls ages nine to 19 located on a 450-acre lakefront campus in New Hampshire. The Wediko Summer Program was established in 1934. Eight decades later the program continues to instill hope in children and families who are struggling and has maintained a continued investment in applied research. A phase model of family work will be outlined in terms of treatment phases that students and families go through in the summer program, as well as ways the phase model provides clinical tools for families while their children are in residential treatment. The phase model uses telemental health such as online videos, phone conferencing, and distance family therapy to connect families with what their children are learning in the residential setting and to support families in learning new therapeutic skills to help their children during and after treatment. In sum, the chapter will provide an in-depth look at a short-term residential program and the benefits of collaborating with families who have a child in residential treatment.
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