Virginia Home For Boys And Girls

John g. Wood school-specialized education (jgw)john g. Wood school (jgw) teaches students with emotional and behavioral challenges that impact their academic success. Small student-teacher ratios accommodate individual learning styles with a goal to transition students back to their public school as soon as possible. Jgw's teachers and student support coaches create a trauma-informed environment with instruction aimed at bridging significant learning gaps. Jgw includes a broad range of courses for children in kindergarten through grade 12, and extended school year services are available during the summer. Jgw is accredited by vaisef and is licensed by the virginia department of education. Teachers and student support coaches incorporate principals of positive behavioral support into the curriculum.

Independent living (il)vhbg's independent living (il) program is for young people ages 17-25 who are eager to learn how to live independently but are facing housing instability and skills deficits due to difficult life circumstances. Knowing that relationships are the first step to overcoming the effects of trauma, vhbg assigns each young person in the program to an il caseworker, who helps guide young people on their path to independence through effective relationship-building, shadowing, coaching, counseling, skills-building, and service planning. Vhbg's il meets the needs of young adults through two distinct services. Vhbg's independent living arrangement (ila) is a program licensed by vdss for young people, ages 17-21, who are transitioning out of the traditional foster care system. Young people enrolled in ila are eligible for funding and services through their locality and through fostering futures. The enrolled young person may be single, or they may be pregnant and/or have their young child(ren) residing with them in the program. Vhbg also provides independent living for young people ages 18-25 who are not currently connected to vdss but are facing homelessness due to a variety of challenges and need outreach support, access to resources, short-term temporary housing, and longer-term transitional housing. Vhbg also has an affinity group on campus called pride place for young adults who identify as lgbtq+. Vhbg is able to designate housing exclusively for lgbtq+ young adults as needed and if available.

Therapeutic resourcesvhbg's therapeutic resource center provides counseling, consultation, and psychoeducation services to individual youth, families, and groups. All of these services are supervised by a licensed professional. These therapeutic services effectively meet many of the needs of young people and families served through vhbg's various programs. The therapeutic resource center collaborates with the other program areas by empowering young people and their connected adults in developing skills and strategies needed to navigate life's challenges. These services are included as part of our transitional living programs (group care services and independent living) and are not billed separately to medicaid, hmos, or csa. Vhbg does not provide psychotherapy services, but if a youth's or family's presentation warrants psychotherapy, is clinically indicated by our or other assessment, or is otherwise noted on the youth's ifsp, vhbg will identify licensed clinicians within our network of trusted providers to appropriately match the client with said provider, particularly in the case of csac or csotp needs.

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