Day Programs

The Day Programs of Family Resources are located on the 10 acre campus known as the "Wittenmyer Youth Center" at 2800 Eastern Avenue, Davenport, IA. The Wittenmyer Youth Center is located in the center of the City of Davenport, Iowa along the public bus route. The Wittenmyer Youth Center campus is home to two day programs known as the Building Blocks Day Treatment Program (BBDT) and the Supervised Delinquent Day Program (SDDP).

Wittenmyer Youth Center is a NON-SMOKING CAMPUS. Smoking is not allowed in any building, parking lot or on the grounds of campus.

Vision

An environment that challenges and empowers.

Mission

To create an empowering environment that challenges others to realize their potential and make responsible choices by believing in:

• Supporting one another

• Emphasizing strengths and solutions

• Linking resources

• Fostering teamwork

Day Treatment Philosophy

We believe there is no such thing as a bad kid, only kids who have had bad luck and have made bad choices. Our job is to help kids get back on track, assist them in building a strong foundation for their life, and develop the behavioral habits necessary to be successful in a lower level of care. This begins by maintaining an environment which provides for the safety, security, care and well-being needs of the children in the context of their day being filled with positive, emotionally corrective, and normalizing experiences. When a previous program participant becomes a good neighbor, family member, parent, and citizen, then we know we have been successful.

Day Treatment Methodology

The role of Day Treatment Counselors is to provide behavioral management for problematic behaviors while focusing on assisting the young person in learning, applying, and realizing the motivation necessary to exhibit social skills and healthy emotional coping. Day Counselors are hyper-vigilant, so they can catch kids doing well and then reinforce this at a ratio of at least four times for every response cost given to a child. Professionals assist the young person in developing healthy thoughts, beliefs, attitudes and perceptions as well as working through troubling emotional and mental conflicts and events. Best practice approaches are utilized with the specialized treatment populations:

Supervised Delinquent Day Program (SDDP)

• TruThought with youth exhibiting irresponsible thought patterns

• Aggressive Replacement Training (ART) model to alter the behavior of aggressive youth, reduce anti-social behaviors, and offer an alternative of pro-social skills

Building Blocks Day Treatment (BBDT)

Intra-agency (i.e. Rape Sexual Assault Program, Domestic Violence Program, Behavioral Health Care services) and inter-agency (i.e. psychiatric consultation through Vera French, Center for Drug and Alcohol Services, New Life) resources are incorporated into a child's treatment to help fill gaps in services not available directly by the day treatment programs.

Finally, but most importantly, the child's family and others important to them remain a significant part of their life through activities, collaboration, and family therapy.