Children raised with violence are at high
risk for developing behavioral and emotional difficulties
that can last a lifetime. At a time when child abuse
statistics continue to rise, we all have reason for
concern. The mistreatment of children can lead to a
wide variety of problems for victims and society.
Since 1979, Assurance Home has been involved
with adolescent children who are at high risk because
of abuse and neglect. Today, the majority of young people
who have successfully completed the Assurance Home program
are leading productive and happy lives. They are working
in our communities, raising their own children, attending
college and serving our country through military service.
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Clinical Programs
When you believe in kids and when you love them, you will
make sure they have all the opportunities they need to
succeed. Assurance Home provides professional trained
therapists who assist children with their difficulties.
Therapeutic horsemanship programs, art therapy and experiential
therapy through our on-site ropes course, are available
to assist our youngsters in learning to feel better about
themselves. We have two Masters Levels Therapists with
various individual and group therapy programs, led by
our Clinical Director, George Lewis, L.I.S.W.
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Ropes Course
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Art Therapy
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Horsemanship
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Field Trips
Field trips help our children learn about and explore
all the wonderful aspects of life. So much of their
young lives have been consumed with negative and hurtful
experiences that we feel it is important to try and
"over-expose" them to positive experiences to help make
up the deficits in their lives.
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Community
Involvement
The young people of Assurance Home are actively involved
in the community through sports, working in the community,
and attending public schools.
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In Reach
Many people have heard the term "out-reach". Assurance
Home has developed a program for self-sufficiency training
called "IN-REACH".
For many years we have been aware of a need for intensive
training of this nature for the young people living
at Assurance Home. With this in mind, we took ideas
and suggestions from leading programs around the nation
and designed a program tailored specifically to meet
the needs of our children.
While living in a comfortable environment and being
supported by an encouraging staff, the young people
in the IN-REACH program are exposed to hands-on participation
in areas of self-sufficiency skills. These skills include
academic and/or vocational achievement, job search and
interviews, budgeting, cooking, shopping, driver's training,
banking, time management, and others. Tasks such as
ironing, household cleaning, and personal hygiene are
important in learning self-reliance and are also included
in the IN-REACH program.
IN-REACH offers older children the opportunity to believe
in their own abilities and to reach within themselves
to find the skills needed to be independent and successful.
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