121 South Prince Street Lancaster PA 17603  717.393.0573                  ...the next step forward
 

Manos House is a long term residential, drug and alcohol, treatment program which provides a wide array of counseling and supportive services over a six to twelve month treatment experience. Treatment consists of group, family, individual, psychoeducational and recreational therapy. Group counseling occurs five times a week and provides the participants with incentive and motivation to make personal changes in their lives. Family involvement is essential to a successful treatment experience. Families are encouraged to participate in bimonthly family therapy, weekend visitation, and the monthly Parent Communication Nights. Individual counseling is conducted with the primary counselor on a weekly basis and serves as the mechanism to create treatment goals and appropriate intervention strategies. In addition, residents participate in a complete pychoeducation curriculum that focuses on developing appropriate social skills, drug and alcohol education, and preparation for re-entry into society, home, school, and the workplace. The clinical staff is thoroughly trained in all of the therapy techniques and work in conjunction with an experienced consulting psychologist for direction and guidance.

Manos House uses the "Stages of Change" as a treatment model for therapy. The basic premise of this model is the idea that people tend to progress through different stages in order to successfully change, and that change does not occur all at once. In order to help our clients move through the stages, we offer an integrative approach to therapy that allows the client to progress at his own pace. Clients also participate in program "tracks" based on their prior history. These include specialized focus groups, which are divided into addictions groups and drug sellers groups, as well as communication groups.

Recovery Groups: Recognizing the effectiveness of the twelve step philosophy, residents are able to attend on-site and outside Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.

Religious Activities: The residents are given the opportunity to participate in regularly scheduled religious services and receive spiritual advice from the facility's chaplain.

Recreation: Each week residents leave the facility to attend sporting events, educational field trips and other recreational activities. These activities teach residents to lead an enjoyable and productive lifestyle without the use of drugs and alcohol.

Referral and Aftercare: To provide a continuum of care, clients are generally referred to outpatient providers to continue support services after discharge. Manos House also offers aftercare services for one year in the form of follow-up and assistance.

A Typical Day at Manos House

The following is an account of what a “typical” day would be like at Manos House. This information was gathered from several clients.

     “At five thirty A.M. we wake up and take care of our personal hygiene (brushing teeth, showers, etc.) until it is time for breakfast at six o’clock. We then eat breakfast until six thirty when we get ready for our chores. Our chores consist of cleaning our rooms, the bathroom, and the living areas of the house. We are also responsible for sweeping up the outside perimeter of the house. At quarter after seven, we line up for school formation, this is where attendance is taken and announcements are made. After school formation we proceed to school where we have the following classes: science, social studies, English, and math. Every other week we attend physical education class, and on the non-physical education week, we are able to learn typing, practice for the G.E.D. test, or various other activities that are scheduled. When school is over at noon we get ready to eat a delicious lunch in the dining room. After lunch we clean up the dining room and get ready for morning meeting. During morning meeting the day’s agenda is reviewed and if there are any problems, they are addressed at that time. After morning meeting is completed we then attend focus groups. There are two focus groups: one group is aimed at helping drug addicts and the other at helping drug sellers. On some days instead of having our focus groups we have a group therapy called peer communication group. In peer communication we are formed into groups based upon communication skills, in which we then practice. After focus groups we have phase groups, which consist of discussion from one of twenty-four different topics including victim empathy, drug education, and family skills. During the afternoon we also have time to meet and have individual counseling sessions with our counselors. After all of our group therapies are finished we have some recreational time until dinner at five o’clock. After dinner we watch the daily news in order to keep up with world and local events. On some days, after watching the news, we then attend a NA or an AA meeting or have some more recreational time. Finally at nine o’clock lights out is called and we go to sleep to get ready to start another day.”

 


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