Community Living Programs
Therapeutic Foster Care
Therapeutic Foster Care is a interim placement designed to provide a safe and therapeutic environment for youth that must be removed from their family. The Therapeutic Foster Care home provides a stable, predictable, nurturing home environment with a teaching parent. The parent supports the youth in learning healthy responses in stressful situations, and to develop socially appropriate behaviors. The youth is matched with a teaching family that can maximize the youth's strengths and provide effective treatment. When possible, home visits with the identified therapuetic foster family are planned to assist the youth in adjusting to the home. As the youth progress toward meeting the goals of treatment, a step-down program is implemented to assist the youth in a less structured setting. At this level, all adjunctive support is provided in the community.

If you are interested in becoming a foster parent please call us at 757-461-8926 or email us at admissions@barryrobinson.org.
Independent Living
The BRC Independent Living Program offers a supervised apartment based program, which supports youth in development of skills that are necessary to function independently and successfully in the community. The program offers decreasing levels of supervision and support as the youth develops life and vocational skills. The program focuses on development of financial responsibility, community living, pre-vocational skills, continuing education, community linkage, health awareness, and transportation skills.
Prevention Programs
The Prevention Program offers early intervention programs by staff who provide services that include:

Alternatives to Violent Behavior: An anger management and conflict resolution program for youth from grades 3 to 12 who demonstrate violent and aggressive behavior. This program stresses personal and interpersonal anger management techniques, team building and cooperative learning strategies to enhance self-esteem and social interaction skills, in addition to goal development and personal improvement planning.

Consultation Services: Training for staff of youth-serving professions, school, courts, and mental health agencies to implement these prevention programs in their communities.
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