CARE - Gibault Child Services

Child and Adolescent Residential Environment

Gibault's CARE program is designed to meet the educational, emotional, spiritual and social needs of youth. The CARE program provides a consistent and structured environment for youth to learn and demonstrate new behavior while working on individualized treatment goals. Residential treatment groups may focus on such topics as social skills, emotional management, stress management, decision making and healthy relationships.

Gibault utilizes a trauma-informed approach based on the understanding that previous traumatic experiences affect the way a person thinks, feels, behaves and responds to treatment. Gibault has adopted a Stages of Change Model which is a collaborative approach where youth are encouraged to take a leadership role in their own treatment by identifying those issues they want to change and taking ownership of their treatment process.

Gibault believes in a holistic approach to youth treatment; therefore, caretaker involvement is essential to the therapeutic process and outcome. Family engagement is strongly encouraged through engaging in phone calls, sending mail, participating in therapeutic day passes and home visits, participating in treatment team meetings, engaging in family therapy, and attending special events such as the annual Education Open House and Family Day.