Secure youth treatment in Morgantown, PA
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Abraxas Academy
Abraxas Academy, located in Morgantown, Pennsylvania is a multi-service facility which offers Secure Residential Treatment and Secure Detention Services.
Our secure residential treatment program provides specialized care for delinquent male youth between the ages of 14 to 18 in 9th grade or above. Treatment at the Academy is for youth who demonstrate a consistent display of delinquent patterns through multiple placements, serious charges, and problematic behaviors. Youth are admitted to the Academy for either habitual offending behaviors or for a history of sexual offending behavior.
Abraxas academy’s approach to care and treatment
is trauma-informed,
comprehensive and holistic.
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Abraxas Academy
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Abraxas Academy’s approach to care and treatment is trauma-informed, comprehensive and holistic. Treatment emphasizes the enhancement of physical, social, emotional and academic development. Upon admission, all residents undergo a comprehensive intake process utilizing a wide variety of assessments. The program offers a combination of treatment modalities. Key therapeutic interventions include individual, group and family therapy. Therapeutic groups are facilitated by masters level clinicians and psychoeducational groups are facilitated by treatment staff. Groups specifically address the residents' criminogenic needs. Specific focus is placed on Attitudes and Orientation, Personality/Behavior and behavioral Health, Peer Relations, and Family Circumstance. Clinical staff assess competencies through the youth’s ability to comprehend, internalize, and finally apply learned concepts. Through progressive stages of clinical treatment, residents are expected to establish a better understanding of their offense, healthy boundaries, decision making, relationships, empathy, relapse prevention, and overall accountability for their behavior and contributing issues that led to placement.
Abraxas Academy Secure Treatment Program offers three different treatment tracks to meet each individual resident's needs
The on-site private high school is licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
- Students attend school daily and can earn credits that can be transferred to their home school upon discharge
- Diploma and GED options are available
- Certified GED and SAT testing site
- Individualized assistance and tutoring is available
- Special Education teachers work with all IEP students to make sure their individual education plans are followed correctly
- Keystone Exams are offered
Carpentry; Horticulture and Animal Husbandry; Drafting/CAD; Small Engine Repair; Forklift Certification; Welding; and Electrical. Students can pursue certifications in the following: CPR First Aid/AED, Wilderness and Survival First Aid, Infant CPR First Aid/AED; OSHA 10; OSHA 30; and students are able to take Alison courses through which they can earn a certification in a wide array of programs and topics.
Download the PACTT MatrixYouth are provided opportunities to earn community service and to earn money to pay toward their fines, costs and restitution. Youth are involved in structured recreational programs on a weekly basis to promote pro-social skills, develop positive self-image and increase self-esteem. Particular emphasis is placed on the development of healthy, drug-free leisure activities. Activities include indoor and outdoor athletic games, climbing wall, music, arts/crafts, and cooking.
Family therapy is offered and encouraged every two weeks and the session is guided by the treatment plan. Abraxas Academy will provide transportation for approved family members to visit once a month. Case managers and/or clinicians provide families with bi-weekly phone updates. Families are invited to participate in quarterly treatment meetings via telephone or in person. Both teleconferencing and video conferencing are available upon request
Accreditations & Certifications
PREA Facility
Abraxas Academy is a certified PREA Facility
Joint Commission
Abraxas Academy is accredited by The Joint Commission
Sanctuary Institute
Abraxas Academy has partnered with the Sanctuary Institute for clinical and organizational change
PACTT
Abraxas Academy is affiliated with the Pennsylvania Academic Career/Technical Training Alliance