Season 1/Episode 13: Residential Treatment with Mona Treadway of Dragonfly Transitions

In this episode, we are pleased to speak with Mona Treadway,
Co-Founder and Executive Director, of Dragonfly. Transitions in
Oregon.  They are are residential treatment center that
focuses on helping young adults build the skills to transition from
wilderness therapy, then back to their home environment, school or
some other location. As suggested in this episode, Residential
Treatment typically lasts 9-12 months.  There's a lot of good
and tough work to be done by both children and their parents during
this time. During our conversation, we asked Mona about the
following: - What is your background and how did you become a part
of DF? - What is residential treatment and why is it important? -
You are based in OR. What makes DF unique that parents should know
about to send their children there? - What types of therapy do you
employ/embrace with the children? - How is DF managing through the
coronavirus epidemic? - What is a parent’s visitation weekend like
at DF? - What can parents do to best prepare for their children to
transition from wilderness therapy to residential treatment and
from residential treatment to come home? - How is DF managing
through the coronavirus epidemic? - How can people interested in DF
best get in touch? Please see www.dragonflytransitions.com for more
information.