Programs of Hope - Life Resources Inc.


Bishop Ruocco House Treatment Center	Phaneuf Youth Treatment Center	Pilgrim Treatment Center
Lakeville, MA	Brockton, MA	Braintree, MA
Program: Short Term Intensive (3-5 months) Girls	Program: Short Term Intensive (3-5 months) Boys	Program: Long Term Intensive (5-8 months) Boys

Our Residential Programs

Life Resources currently operates three residential treatment programs that focus on the pivotal years of troubled adolescents ages 13 to 18 — Bishop Ruocco House Treatment Center, Phaneuf Youth Treatment Center, and Pilgrim Treatment Center.

Within all of its programs, Life Resources is committed to implementing a strength-based approach to programming that includes education, clinical and family services, vocational training, structured recreation and community service. Academic development is an important component of Life Resources’ work, including on-site educational programming for middle and high school students, GED program and vocational training.

Our Residential Program Services

Education: Individualized education plans are developed for each youth in accordance with the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks and provide youth the opportunity to achieve academically.

Clinical Treatment: Clinical treatment includes a range of therapeutic and educational groups, adventure based therapy, individual counseling, family services, and art therapy using a cognitive behavioral model. Together, staff and residents identify problems, establish goals, explore feelings, change attitudes and adopt new behaviors. Our youth develop new patterns of behavior in an atmosphere of respect, support, and cooperation.

Family Services: Life Resources takes a dual modality approach to working with families. While residents attend family issues groups, their parents attend parenting groups. Upon completion, both residents and their parents attend multifamily group therapy. When the clinical staff identify family issues that require more focused or more intense work than multifamily group can provide, the family is invited to work on these issues in individual family sessions.

Vocational Training: Residents participate in vocational programs where they can learn skills such as carpentry, horticulture, masonry, and culinary arts. Skill development is reinforced by participation in house improvement projects, employment programs, and community service projects.

Community Service: Residents are active in community service projects through staff supervised opportunities in the community and at local service agencies. Community services helps residents gain self-confidence and encourages them to contribute to the wider community.

Structured Recreation: To encourage constructive use of leisure time, residents participate in positive after school and weekend activities including chorus, drama and athletics as well as supervised trips to cultural events.

Our Guiding Principles

Strength based approaches are supported by activity based interventions.
Attending to the whole person is the key.
Family involvement is necessary.
Education and academic achievement is a priority.
Giving back to the community creates new opportunities.
Every child can have a bright future.