Owens Cross Roads
Sequel Young and Family Services at Owens Cross Roads, Alabama, was established in 1996 as a residential treatment facility serving females in need of a locked, secure environment and in need of intensive residential treatment services. The program has 30 beds licensed by the Alabama Department of Mental Health with 10 contracted by the Alabama Department of Human Resources as intensive care beds. The treatment staff provides comprehensive, challenging, and therapeutic services for adolescent females ages 12 to 18. Our program utilizes a cognitive behavioral approach to focus on maladaptive behaviors and provides rehabilitative services including individual, group, and family therapy; psycho-educational groups; basic living skills groups; medication monitoring; psychiatric and medical care; and peer group dynamics therapy. Our program is very “process oriented” and residents learn to verbalize needs, feelings, and goals in a safe environment. The program utilizes a highly effective therapeutic adventure program as well as Positive Peer Culture (PPC) therapy to emphasize values and team building. PPC therapy empowers residents to make changes by learning from each other, improves social skills and helps them become positive leaders of their peers. Adolescents tend to listen to the advice of peers more than that of adults and the PPC promotes behavior modification wherein youth challenge and change each other with the supervision and guidance by staff members. These new skills are practiced daily.
Programs Offered
Intensive Therapeutic Long-Term Program for Females ages 12 to 18
Student Profile
- Females, ages 12 to 18 years old
- Full-scale IQ above 70
- Is impulsive/irresponsible
- Denies and/or justifies negative behavior
- Has problems with anger and aggression
- Demonstrates a low degree of empathy and self-esteem
- Lacks self-discipline
- Exhibits poor coping skills
- Is non-compliant with authority
- Is amenable to a normative culture
Who Do We Serve?
Girls who have had a series of failed placements in outpatient treatments, residential programs or a series of psychiatric hospitalizations. The New Beginnings program serves girls with behavioral and emotional issues, in need of medication monitoring, and comprehensive assessments. Many of our girls have experienced trauma, such as abuse of a physical, emotional and/or sexual nature, which is addressed through the intensive treatment process. Many of the diagnoses served include: Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, ADHD, Learning Disabilities, and Behavioral Issues.
For additional information or to make a referral, please contact:
Kenny Roberts
Vice President of Operations for
Alabama and Indiana Programs
Phone: 256-880-3339
Cell: 256-426-4434
Email: Kenny.Roberts@sequeltsi.com