Behavioral Health
Includes DBT classes,
group therapy, life
coaching & mentoring,
life strategies, positive
peer group and social/behavioral skills for troubled teenagers and young adults.
Recovery & Aftercare
Addiction assessment,
certified addiction
counseling staff, CBT, triggers/coping strategies,
12-Step, relapse prevention for aftercare/long-term alcohol or drug treatment by Benchmark's Recovery & Aftercare program.
Education & Vocation
Accredited High
School Diploma;
College classes;
Vocational &
Occupational Programs; job skills and daily living skills; budgeting and financial responsibility.
Therapeutic Services
Individual psycho-therapy, neuropsychological assessments; li-
censed clinicians with experience in young adult behavioral health therapy; Neurofeedback; medication management.
The Benchmark Transitions Young Adult Program
Benchmark Transitions® is a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary approach to residential transitional living for young men and women, ages 18-28.
"I learned how to reach new potentials I never would have dreamed of on my own."
Our dual-diagnosis model combines clinical treatment, behavioral health therapy, addiction recovery & aftercare, educational & vocational opportunities, job training and life skills in a structured and nurturing environment that fosters self-discovery and autonomy. Benchmark is a long-term residential program. Our level-based curriculum is designed to be completed in 9-12 months. Extended care options are available.
Benchmark is designed to be a step-down transition program for participants coming out of primary treatment programs, such as Detox, 30/60/90 day Residential Treatment Centers, Wilderness Therapeutic Programs, hospitalization/stabilization units, and for adolescents aging-out of Therapeutic Boarding Schools. Benchmark is also an ideal option for young adults who are “stuck” at home, with failure to launch issues.
Benchmark offers Dual Track Treatment Options:
- Benchmark Recovery & Aftercare students are those who have a history of substance use, abuse or addiction.
- Benchmark Behavioral Health students are those who have not exhibited issues with drugs and/or alcohol.
We have experience dealing with issues such as:
- Academic challenges
- Adoption issues
- ADD/ADHD
- Addiction/Abuse (Alcohol/Drugs)
- Anger management
- Asperger/Austims Spectrum*
- Anxiety
- Bi-polar disorder
- Co-occurring issues
- Compulsive behaviors
- Depression
- Distressed relationships
- Dial diagnosis
- Eating disorders (mild)
- Grief/loss/trauma
- Inability to grow up
- Irresponsibility
- Lacking confidence
- Life changes
- Non-Verbal Learning Differences
- Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD)
- Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Poor judgment
- Requires structure
- Risk taking behavior
- Shy-withdrawn
- Sneaky/underground
- Socially isolated
- Trauma
- Unmotivated
*High functioning Asperger/ASD/PDD students may be appropriate, call for details.
Benchmark Transitions™ Celebrates 20-Year Anniversary
Benchmark Transitions, founded on September 9, 1993, by Jayne S. Longnecker-Harper, is proud to announce its 20-Year Anniversary. Benchmark is till family owned and operated, with second generation family members joining Jaynie in providing a parogram that has been a pioneeer in the industry of emotional growth schools and treatment programs for troubled young adults and is now one of the longest running programs of its milieu. Read More