Qualifying youth may also enroll in the Alternative High School Education Programs and pursue a Test Assessing Secondary Completion (TASC). State assessments, including Regents Examinations and Regents Competency Tests, are also provided to eligible students. The Committee on Special Education (CSE) addresses special education needs for classified students and Individual Education Programs (IEPs) are developed for students with disabilities. The facility provides educational programming for youth per New York State Education Department requirements. Once such decision’s and commitments are made, the program guides young people toward success in implementing the desired changes. Substance Abuse Treatment - "Seven Challenges" is designed for adolescent and young adult substance abusing and substance dependent individuals to motivate decisions and commitments to change. This curriculum tests the youth’s knowledge of substance abuse and the effects on themselves, relationships and others. Innervisions for Youth - This is a comprehensive prevention program targeting alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. These include Employment, Housing and Home Management, Relationships, Parenting, Health, Leisure and Media Literacy, Money Management, Cultural Awareness, Transportation, Law and Related Education. Independent Living Skills - A program comprised of several modules. This curriculum encourages youth to empathize with their victim’s thoughts and feelings and it addresses the youth’s understanding of antisocial behavior and its consequences. Victim Awareness Training - This allows youth to examine the psychological, social and financial impact on their victims and other implications of having been victimized. DBT assumes that people are doing their best but lack the skills needed to succeed, or are influenced by positive reinforcement or negative reinforcement that interferes with their ability to function appropriately.
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This approach works towards helping people increase their emotional and cognitive regulation through 4 main strategies (Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Interpersonal effectiveness, and Emotion Regulation). Counseling programs available to all youth include the following:ĭialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) - A therapy designed to help people suffering from mood disorders as well as those who need to change patterns of behavior that are not helpful, such as self-harm, suicidal ideation, and substance abuse.
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Individualized counseling addresses all interpersonal relationships, independent living, pro social skills, nonviolent alternatives, issues related to trauma, victim awareness and substance abuse issues. Support teams meet monthly to develop plans and review each youth's progress, focusing treatment on identified areas of need. Youth counselors, mentors and clinicians conduct weekly, individual counseling sessions with each youth. This facility is accredited by the American Correctional Association. Juvenile delinquents may remain in OCFS custody up to the age of 18 depending on their placement order.
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Juvenile delinquents under the jurisdiction of the Family Court may also be placed at Goshen if they have been reassigned or "fennered" from a limited secure facility for violent behavior. Depending upon the sentence, youth may remain in OCFS custody until the age of 21.
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The youth served at Goshen are male, juvenile offenders who while under the age of 16 committed certain violent felonies and were convicted and sentenced in adult criminal court. Football, soccer and baseball fields, as well as a basketball and handball court, are also on the campus. Youth are in living units on four wings off a centralized building that also contains academic classrooms, vocational shops, health services, dining room and kitchen, chapel, commissary, gym and indoor recreational area. Goshen Secure Center is located approximately 50 miles northwest of New York City in Orange County, New York.