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Posted: May 25, 2010, 11:10
THE BUCKEYE RANCH
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Grove City, Ohio
Elisha R. Cangelosi
Community Liaison
614-384-7798
admissions_questions@buckeyeranch.org
www.buckeyeranch.org
Founded in 1961, The Buckeye Ranch is a residential mental health treatment facility for girls and boys aged 10 to 18 treating issues including, but not limited to, depression, attention deficit/hyper-activity disorder, bipolar disorder, and post traumatic stress disorder. Children with alcohol and drug addiction issues are also accepted. There is no required stay time, but the average stay is between 3 and 6 months.
President and CEO of The Buckeye Ranch, D. Nicholas Rees formerly served as the program's Vice President of Development. He attended Ohio Dominican University. Executive Vice President of Programs and Services Stephen Richard, MS, LSW, is a licensed social worker and has previously been employed by the Department of Youth Services and Franklin County Children's Services. He has been with Buckeye Ranch since 1999. Clinical Director of Residential Services Molly Heit, MSW, LISW, RPT, has been with the program since 1996 and was previously employed as a social worker for the Association for the Developmentally Disabled in Columbus, Ohio. The program is affiliated with the American Association of Children's Residential Centers.
The Buckeye Ranch offers outpatient care and counseling as well as a residential treatment program. Their treatment approach focuses on the individual issues of the child as well as family counseling. The organization operates 8 satellite locations throughout Ohio and a main residential treatment center in Grove City, Ohio. Therapies utilized by the program include art therapy, animal-assisted therapy, play therapy, music therapy, and horticulture therapy. The program also operates a substance abuse program, family counseling, and services for juvenile sex offenders.
The residential facility is located on a 150-acre campus in Grove City, Ohio. The program also includes an educational facility with 15 instructors and a pupil/instructor ratio of 5:1.
[This information came from The Buckeye Ranch website.]
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