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CHADDOCK
Quincy, Illinois
Susan Moore – Admissions Coordinator
212-222-0034
Chaddock, located
on a 30-acre campus, in Quincy, Illinois, provides a continuum
of programs and services, having served children since 1853. Now
offer they also their Integrative Attachment Therapy residential
treatment program, developed in consultation with Dr. Dan Hughes,
for adolescents ages 12-16, who have been diagnosed with Reactive
Attachment Disorder. This very structured program focuses on
empathic attunement in a nurturing environment, with an average
length of stay ranging from 12 to18 months, based on individualized
progress. .
Chaddock’s treatment philosophy is Reality Therapy/Choice Therapy,
based on the belief that “behavior is purposeful and intended to
meet one of the five basic needs: survival, love and belonging,
power, freedom, fun.” They utilize five therapeutic techniques including:
Behavior Theory, which teaches natural and reasonable consequences;
Attachment Theory, which teaches that relationships are primary;
Systems Theory, which looks at behavior within the context of relationships
with others; Psycho-Education, in which one’s total experience is
central to re-education, and Developmental Theory, which bases expectations
on one’s developmental level. Their Theraplay Family Therapy emphasizes Bowen
Systems Theory, psychodrama, focused trauma work, cognitive
restructuring, and paradoxical approaches, all used to fit the needs
of each specific child.
The kids at Chaddock are supervised 24 hours a day with a minimum
staff to client ratio of 1:3 during waking hours, and 1:6 during
sleeping hours. Each student has a “Core Treatment Team” including
a master’s level therapist and the primary counselor, who participates
in therapy sessions. Parents are expected to participate in family
therapy sessions on a regularly scheduled basis. Possible funding
options available can be discussed with the admissions coordinator.
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