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I The Group Home is designed to provide short term residential placement-' "'.. for b~ys be.tween .the ~es of 8 and 18. A~m~ssions to the. Group Home are .' - apl~roved by an Admissigns and Scrc~-~-Z Cc-~ttee -~de up of representatives . ,' from.the r~ld serving agencies iu Bt~l2 County.. The Gr6up Home ia licemsed - ' iii~: by"t~e Department of Hrmv"' Resources each year and must .be certifie~ by .Mental ' '" Hea3~h 'event two 2eura. The .Staff iucludea;'~tWo: f~l time resident' c~,-~elors~ - : . '.' a ~art-time secretary, and an Execu'tiv~' Director:'~'~ur~ the S,~e_r, n.s,~er program cOOra~n~tor is h~ed to provide a structure~, program during the re~o-~........ school hours. Hel/ef a%aff ~s used occasionall~L-' The program o~erates:~Van The ~tructured living c~mp0nantT] of the program ~lud~s a betmvior' modification · point system~ e~dLa"full-bu~=..flex/ble schedule of.ds~y activities. ~ach boy: earns points on a ~-~ lm~in by actihg.aPPropri~tely, fOllowing ~-tructions~ doing assigned chorea, amd paa~· i.ci~.a.t..i.~g ih school ~ctivities or the s,r~wer program. :Privileges such as :outside 'hours~ allowance; l~ter bed time, television en~·ex~r~ 'sn~k ems' eArned'~ith 'the' points :acd~;~ ~ted- on .h ~e~ y basis. - The 'boys .also ~ork.:...the~r. w~y throu&h the'program by earnix~ & s~e-~*tc . number of points 'each week;~:-:A-boy-~- graduate the program al~ter ear~8 successful weeks. Inkppro~'q~te b-~-viors are ~&~dle~ by loss of ~oints~ shor~ . periods of time out, .loss of.privileges' and,logics.1. -.and natural consequences.. ,- The boys h~ve a Busy ~ sohedule~..hut there are' S~ periods of free time · available' each d~y~.-:~The .summer. pro~ram.provid~g re~reatio~-~ and educational.. During the school ~6ar .eacti~Boy. ia required to. be in school. Most boys are . .. ih puh]/c schools;. $om~ boys have attended .the l~edmont .Vocational Cente~. ' _ Each boy takes a point sheet to school ~hich his *,--~-chers f~]l out. This'point sheet indicates ~nether the eh~d turns in hie work, .behaves .a~pro~iatel~, ;hsd': ..' an nitro, fiats att'itud.e~ and gets t6 class On ti~e. The points on the school - sheet are"added 'iuto"the' da~ly totals:' '~ehavAor afl~ perfor~,--.e at achobl up a!mpro-~wAtely 1/3. of .the total points that ~- be. earned during a day. If problems do Occu~ 'at-school, the resident counselors try to %~rk closely with school offic~-]- to resolve ~hem~ -Tutoring is provided .t~ice.'each weeE at the Group Hc~e ~ a teache~ who is e~perienced wor~-E with exceptional'-~] dren. ·-Group counse~-~ i~ ~rovided :once each week'~o .the residents of the Group Hom~e :- If a partic,,~-- boy needs individual coUnse~-~,~it is ~ontracted for with the Piedmont Area Mental Health Centers.' The families of "~ of the boys in residence at the Group Home are-referred for f-m~l~ counse]/ug at the Mental Health Center or a private p~ychol.ogi~.t. In addition, the resident counselors at the Group Hc~e meet with the ~arents each Strudel' zff~ht to detalia- ho~ each boy has~-behaved du~.~n~ the .weaken& ~Isit. ~estions ~re ~a~e by %he staff re&ara~ problems that have ~r~sen dur~J~ %~ekend visits. Frequent h0~e ~sits a~e a part of the ~a/uatton ~eeti~s are held at leas% once ever~ th~e~ ~onths durl~& the that a ehtld ih in the Group Home. These e~lua%ion~eneetiugs ~nclu&e..staff at lhdmrrie Homes~ the parents, and representatiYes fr~n other a~en~iea whb are 'wor~m~ with the chfuld. The ~easo~ for these evaluation v/sits are to evaluate the ~rogress of each eh~14~ and to cooradr~te the efforts of eye,one involved to help the eh{Id aeb~evo his ~ndividual goals.