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1. When is visitation at MVJRC?

Wednesdays: 7-9 p.m. for females, Thursdays 7-9 p.m. males, Sundays: 1:35-2:35 p.m. for females and 3:30-4:30 p.m. for males.

*Youth are allowed one visit per week

2. Do parents have to wait a certain amount of time before coming to visitation?

They will have to wait 14 days after admission.

3. Do parents have to attend visitation?

Parents are required to attend at least 4 times a month.

4. What are the rehabilitation center’s methods to re-establishing proper social norms for these juveniles?

Miami Valley Juvenile Rehabilitation Center Offers:

• Daily Living and Socialization Plan
• Cognitive Behavioral Program Targeting Criminogenic Needs
• Individual Assessment and Treatment Plans
• Individual, Group and Family Therapy (Licensed Therapists)
• Sexual Offender Treatment (Certified Juvenile Sex Offender Therapists)
• Chemical Dependency Treatment (Licensed Therapists)
• Psychiatric Services
• Transitional Planning
• Credit-Bearing Academic Instruction (Intervention Specialist, Highly Qualified Teachers)
• Character Development Curriculum including Structured Social Skills Training
• Life Skills Education
• Community Service
• Accredited by the American Correctional Association since 2006
• Rated “Effective” by the University of Cincinnati Correctional Treatment Program

5. How are the juveniles prepared for their futures?

The big takeaways from the program tend to be better social skills, more self-control, an increased sense of responsibility, more self-respect and respect for others, more empathy and family re-unification.

6. What do you do to provide opportunities for the MVJRC youth?

Our focus is on changing thinking, which changes behavior, which changes outcomes (cognitive-behavioral therapy). Most opportunities would come after the rehabilitation work is done and the youth are released. We do provide information, do community service, take field trips, etc.

7. What is your solution to the negative influences these juveniles may have once they return to their lives (e.g., family, friends, acquaintances, groups they are involved in)?

The MVJRC correctional-treatment program is funded by the Ohio Department of Youth Services pursuant to a grant. That grant stipulates that once a youth is released from the MVJRC program, no form of after-care is provided. Although we do a lot of after-care planning, the actual role of after-care is that of the juvenile court (all youth committed to MVJRC are committed by a juvenile court judge on a felony offense). The Ohio Department of Youth Services also funds juvenile court programs and promotes after-care programs through a very successful funding model called RECLAIM.

So, we are just focused on rehabilitation and the court is responsible for after-care. That being said, there are a lot of gaps in the juvenile system regarding effective after-care. It is an area of corrections that needs a lot of work.

8. What kind of interaction do the juveniles get to have with their peers and how do you promote positive social interactions and social skills?

We work with boys and girls ages 12-18. The average length of stay is about 160 days. We are a secure, residential facility with a maximum capacity of 24. Our average daily population is about 21. The youth live in 4 units based on “risk-level” and other factors. We engaged in a “Conditions of Confinement” Action Plan from 2012-2014 to minimize confinement time in their individual sleeping rooms, so the youth are often interacting in structured activities or recreational activities on their living units or in other areas of the facility. Part of our curriculum is called Skillstreaming, which is an evidence-based, structured social skills training curriculum that includes role-playing strategies for dealing with difficult situations. A secondary benefit of the role-playing is an increased level of comfort speaking in front of people and interacting socially.

9. How much do females and males interact with one another in rehab?

The opposite sex are kept separate, except for special events.