ReStart

ReStart – A state-of-the-art adolescent residential substance abuse treatment program located on a 212 acre campus and farm in Winston-Salem, N.C.

The Children’s Home co-ed ReStart residential substance abuse program offers youth an opportunity to acquire the building blocks, or assets, necessary to become confident about themselves and add value to their community. The name ReStart represents the opportunity the program offers youth to begin a new direction in life that is more congruent with their true interests and dreams for themselves in becoming a happy, purposeful, and successful adult. ReStart is a highly structured intervention for youth experiencing significant substance abuse and other mental health and quality of life issues. It is a program specifically designed for youth that have been unsuccessful in dealing with these issues using less intensive services such as outpatient therapy or stand-alone day treatment. ReStart is an immersion experience that moves the youth from their natural environment to a comparatively controlled environment with 24/7/365 intentional, therapeutic programming. This 126 day (18 week) intensive, life-altering treatment system utilizes a wide-range of proven approaches for working with at-risk adolescents including: experiential adventure-based counseling, the evidence-based Seven Challenges substance abuse treatment model, individualized academic planning, family involvement and empowerment, solution-focused and strength-based philosophy, peer accountability, behavior modification and internalization, and value clarification. Each component is carefully interwoven around a Rites of Passage theme that gently supports youth in moving through the stages of treatment and is specifically designed to complement the adolescent’s natural developmental tendency to move from child to adult. As opposed to a top-down, controlling, deficit-based approach to treatment, ReStart encourages self-exploration, value clarification, enhanced decision-making skills, and personal asset development. As the self-esteem and self-efficacy of youth increases they are significantly more inclined to make decisions that are good for both themselves and our community at large. With the help of families, schools, court counselors, mentors, and other stakeholders we are confident in our ability to give youth a fresh start and a new outlook on their lives.

 For more information about this exciting new program please contact our admissions counselors at 336-721-7625.