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Short Term Detention Services
Spectrum Juvenile Justice Services (SJJS) provides juvenile detention services at the Calumet Center in Highland Park, Michigan.
The primary objective of the detention program is to offer a safe, secure, highly structured and stable environment for youth awaiting hearings and transitioning between placements. The program, although short-term, is designed to offer educational and as sessment services, crisis intervention and counseling services, medical services and youth advo cacy services.
The detention program functions as a secure transitional placement that helps bridge the youth's movement between the juvenile and/or adult court systems and the Wayne County Department of Children and Family Services (CAFS)/Care Management Organization.
Service delivery is targeted for accomplishment within 30 days, but in some instances, youth are remanded longer due to nor mal delays in judicial processing, waiting lists for pending placement and special needs placement exceptions that occur in the referral and placement sequence.
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Secure Residential Treatment Programs
Spectrum Juvenile Justice Services provides intensive specialized therapeutic residential treatment programs at the Calumet and Lincoln Centers in Highland Park, Michigan. This treatment program is for juvenile sex offenders, chronic high-risk juvenile offenders and juvenile offenders with acute substance abuse behaviors. These services are provided for male youth, ages 12 to 20.
To earn a successful release, youth enrolled in the programs must complete seven intensive cognitive behavioral treatment stages, designed to change criminal thinking and delinquent behavior. The programs are intended for chronic offenders, and as such, programming is individualized and indeterminate in length. Each treatment phase is comprised of an extensive list of personal milestones, designed specifically for each youth. Typically, treatment lasts from 10-12 months, however, graduation from the program is based on each individual’s motivation and extent of previous criminal socialization.
Each individualized treatment program is based in cognitive restructuring theory and each program uses cognitive behavioral techniques in treatment groups, family therapy, anger management and individualized treatment tasking. The individualized treatment plans are tailored to meet the clinical needs and community risk management needs of each youth. Clinical staff continually modify and update these individualized treatment plans in order to ensure that each negative behavior is being remedied and that positive strengths and values and self governing controls are being internalized.
All treatment services are delivered under the supervision of appropriately licensed graduate degreed staff. Residents are also taught social living skills and independent living skills. New positive behaviors are reinforced through the use of a Merit System and group process. Residents must also complete a Balance and Restorative Justice (BARJ) project prior to earning a release from treatment. All youth are enrolled in an individualized educational program appropriate to their needs.
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