Brookwood Florida
Caitlin Stanland Abnormal Psychology
Every second of the day a child is born. Some are lucky enough to belong to good families that provide love and care but unfortunately there are some children that are brought into dysfunctional and unloving families. As a child grows up, hopefully they are taught right from wrong but for some they are not. Every child needs a place that they can call home but for some, home is where they would rather not be. Thankfully there are better places that children can go and one of them is Brookwood Florida. Brookwood Florida, a young women’s residence was established in 1927 as the Florence Crittenton Home which was a confidential care service for over five thousand unwed mothers. In 1976 the name and goal of the organization was changed into what the community needed; which was a residence that provides housing, therapy, life skills coaching and much more to girls that have been abused, abandoned, neglected, or involved in a family crisis. Brookwood offers housing and care to almost fifty girls at one time and with the growing need for more space and easier traveling situations, another location was added in Coral Springs which houses at the moment fourteen girls. The staff at Brookwood works very hard to get each girl to finish school, get and keep a job, learn how to manage their money, work together in solo and group environments and for some of the girls, to help reunite them with their families. Brookwood Florida is a qualified and licensed therapeutic group home for fifty adolescent girls (ages range from eleven to twenty-one years old). Girls are placed at Brookwood by the Department of Children and Families after they have been taken away from home where they were abused or neglected. They may also be placed privately by parents experiencing stressful parent-child relationships. Brookwood’s goals are focused on helping the girls get independent living preparation such as through
Every second of the day a child is born. Some are lucky enough to belong to good families that provide love and care but unfortunately there are some children that are brought into dysfunctional and unloving families. As a child grows up, hopefully they are taught right from wrong but for some they are not. Every child needs a place that they can call home but for some, home is where they would rather not be. Thankfully there are better places that children can go and one of them is Brookwood Florida. Brookwood Florida, a young women’s residence was established in 1927 as the Florence Crittenton Home which was a confidential care service for over five thousand unwed mothers. In 1976 the name and goal of the organization was changed into what the community needed; which was a residence that provides housing, therapy, life skills coaching and much more to girls that have been abused, abandoned, neglected, or involved in a family crisis. Brookwood offers housing and care to almost fifty girls at one time and with the growing need for more space and easier traveling situations, another location was added in Coral Springs which houses at the moment fourteen girls. The staff at Brookwood works very hard to get each girl to finish school, get and keep a job, learn how to manage their money, work together in solo and group environments and for some of the girls, to help reunite them with their families. Brookwood Florida is a qualified and licensed therapeutic group home for fifty adolescent girls (ages range from eleven to twenty-one years old). Girls are placed at Brookwood by the Department of Children and Families after they have been taken away from home where they were abused or neglected. They may also be placed privately by parents experiencing stressful parent-child relationships. Brookwood’s goals are focused on helping the girls get independent living preparation such as through