Group Home/Community Residential Rehabilitative Home Services

Program Run by: Lourdesmont / Good Shepherd Youth and Family Services

Address: 537 Venard Road, Clarks Summit, PA  18411
Phone: (570)587-4741             Fax: (570)586-0030

Contact Person: Michelle Sherman
e-mail: msherman@lourdesmont.com         web site: http://www.lourdesmont.com

Chief Executive Officer:     John A. Antognoli, Ed.D.
Chief Operating Officer:     Judy Neri, M.S.

The group home serves adolescent boys (capacity eight) who are: between the ages of twelve and seventeen; enrolled in grades seven through twelve manifesting emotional/social/behavioral/family maladjustment; unable to remain in their own homes; and who need more intensive treatment and support services than can be provided through less restrictive alternatives such as foster family care.  The anticipated program outcome is return home or to a less structured living arrangement or emancipation.

The program is a structured, family environment in which staff engender daily living skills that enhance personal responsibility, self-sufficiency, and interpersonal development - communication, conflict resolution, and refusal skills.

The boys are oriented to community resources, e.g., local schools, recreational resources, community services, and employment.  Parents are involved in all aspects of treatment, planning, plan reviews, and treatment.  Services provided to parents include counseling around issues of separation and reunion, family therapy, and enhancement of parenting skills.