SMART Program

(Stairways Mobile Adolescent Recovery Team)

SMART is a one-to-one therapeutic program designed to help adolescents acquire the skills and tools that will help them advance through the developmental stages of adolescence and successfully transition in to adulthood.

This program is tailored for adolescents ages 12 to 21 who meet medical necessity for behavioral health rehabilitation services (BHRS) (non-autistic spectrum). Those who are having difficulty building or maintaining relationships with peers and teachers, exhibit anxiety or withdrawal from others, or experience hyperactivity, impulsiveness or aggression would benefit from the SMART program.

SMART services can be provided in the home, school or community setting. When individuals are ready, SMART adolescent services will continue with the same therapist at an adolescent outpatient clinic.

Why:

To promote the use of community resources and venues to build a strong support system around individual adolescents.
To build healthy relationships with peers and adults.
To increase resistance to peer pressure which can cause drug or alcohol use or unwanted pregnancies.
To increase coping skills to reduce violence against self or others.

How:

By providing a successful transition from mobile therapy to outpatient services.
Through acquisition of additional development assets that are statistically proven to serve as a “buffer” or protective factor against depression and anxiety, substance abuse, delinquency, teen pregnancy, school drop-out rates and violence.

SMART is exclusive to Stairways Behavioral Health. It is the first of a planned, multi-level response to the changing needs of today’s adolescents. Contact us for more information – and for specific referral information.

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