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Glenwood,
Inc.
Birmingham, Alabama
Lee Yount, President
(205) 969-2880
Glenwood,
Inc., incorporated in 1974 as
a non profit organization for the purpose of “educating and
treating individuals who are emotionally disturbed, mentally
ill, and those diagnosed with autism.” Glenwood provides behavioral
health care and educational services in the least restrictive
setting that are “responsive and complimentary to a continuum
of care for persons with unique mental health disorders.” They
also promote research in these specialized areas. Their treatment
and education services include: assessment and diagnostic services;
consultation and training; family support services; wilderness
therapeutic camping; and education, day treatment and residential
services for children and adolescents.
Glenwood’s Wilderness
Program involves year-round therapeutic
camping as a residential alternative for emotionally conflicted
boys. They must be between the ages of 11 to 17, physically capable
of participating in normal camp routines, willing to make a commitment
to camp and capable of formulating treatment goals. In the midst
of 363 acres of woods, lakes and wildlife, counselors serve as
role models and teachers, encouraging individual and group responsibility
through positive peer pressure. Additionally, a consulting psychiatrist,
licensed psychologist, recreational therapist, and speech and
language therapists provide specific assessments and intervention.
The Crisis
Behavioral Treatment Unit at Glenwood is a highly
structured 6-bed residential program offering up to thirty days
of treatment for adolescents ages 7 to 17 who would benefit from
a structured stabilization setting in order to prevent a more
restrictive level of care.
Glenwood also has the Daniel
House Program, which works with
severely emotionally disturbed (SED) children ages 6 to 12 who
stay from nine to eighteen months. It offers a homelike setting
where trained counselors, educators and therapists prepare children
for return to their homes, substitute families, or to less restrictive
group living situations.
Glenwood also has the McDonough
and Reynolds houses for youth
between the ages of 5 and 21 who are developmentally disabled
or severely emotionally disturbed, including those with pervasive
developmental disorder and autism. Groups are limited in size
to no more than six residents and a minimum of two staff members
who provide 24-hour care using a “consistent, non-aversive approach.”
Glenwood provides an array of diagnostic, psychosocial, educational,
and family assessment services for developmentally
delayed, mentally ill, and behavioral and emotionally disturbed
children and youth.
Their Children’s Resource Center consults with educational
institutions, mental health providers, child welfare providers,
and juvenile
justice institutions to provide expertise in developmental
delays, mental illness, and behavioral and emotional disturbances.
Their
Family Intervention and Support Services provide formalized
education programs, individualized intervention and support services,
and
in-home respite care. They also have Therapeutic Foster
Care for children between the ages of 4 to 21 who have been diagnosed
with
psychiatric disorders. Glenwood recruits and trains
foster parents who work in partnership with the child’s natural
family and Glenwood
staff.
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