Crossroads Residential Rehab

Last month, we talked a bit about Crossroads' focus on family programming throughout all levels of care. We shared a client quote and information about family visits at Crossroads Back Cove, our 6-month halfway house program. 

This month, we thought we'd share what our short-term Residential Rehabilition program offers for families of clients. At the 

Boulton Center for Women and Children

, the Crossroads Family Program is designed to provide support, education and healing to all those impacted by a loved one's addiction.

 

The Crossroads Family Program at the Boulton Center for Women and Children includes:

• Family Educational Groups (including the basics of addiction and recovery for the family)
• Group discussions and connections to other families facing addiction
• 1 on 1 Family Sessions with a Crossroads Clinician
• Clinical Phone Support and Outreach
• Community Support Resource Information, including Al-Anon (and the opportunity to hear an Al-Anon speaker) 

Because our Residential Rehab program is shorter in length (approximately 28 days) and many families travel long distances to get to Crossroads, clinicians set up family sessions on Tuesdays. Moving Family Days from the weekend to Tuesday allows for all of our clinicians to be available to work with family members.

Crossroads recently hosted a professional training on substance use during pregnancy. Facilitated by Amanda Edgar, FASD/DAB State Coordinator, and Dr. Mark Rains, Ph.D., of Vienna Mtn. Consulting, the 3-hour workshop examined the potential consequences of substance use during pregnancy, explored trauma-informed interventions and discussed the potential impact on mother-child attachment. 

 

Crossroads staff, Project Advisory Committee members and other community service providers working with pregnant and postpartum women attended the training in the Timbers at Opportunity Alliance. The Project Advisory Committee is comprised of agency providers throughout the state who help with marketing, collaborative services efforts, cross training and guidance with family engagement techniques for our recent SAMHSA grant focused on residential treatment for pregnant and postpartum women.

 

The training was a big success with a total of 37 attendees. According to Andrea Jahna, Crossroads' federal grant project manager, "Together, we brainstormed ideas to strengthen services provided to infants and their mothers while in residential programming, understanding that we have more to learn when working with this client population."

 

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Crossroads is always happy to attend events where we can educate the community about the work we do. The above photo is from a wellness fair we attended for University of New England (UNE) students and staff. We attended fair on both campuses in Biddeford and Portland.