Success Story One | Before Lighthouse
- History of multiple abandonment
- Adoption rescinded because of behaviors
- Multiple and long term psychiatric hospitalizations for aggression, cruelty to animals, self abuse
- Seldom attended classes/failing school
- Lying/fabricating
| After Lighthouse
- Aggression once every 6 months versus several times weekly
- Attends public school with passing grades
- Participates on school sports team
- Active in youth group
- Happy and well adjusted
| Success Story Two | Before Lighthouse
- TBI* at 3 years of age
- Dangerous physical aggression, up to 8 hours in duration
- Numerous admissions to statewide psychiatric hospitals
- Highly manipulative and threatening behaviors
- Sophisticated knowledge in negative behaviors and threats
| After Lighthouse
- Living semi-independently!!
- Successful member of community
- Star of recent community play
- Participates in several team sports
- Regularly and successfully attends school and vocational training
- Happy, Happy, Happy
| Success Story Three | Before Lighthouse
- 5 different rehabilitation facilities
- Kicked out of last rehab facility for severe aggression
- Not accepted at any other facility
- Active substance abuse
- Stole car while eloping from previous program
| After Lighthouse
- Assigned structural behavior program, behaviors diminished to none
- Able to participate in community
- Able to go home without returning to substance abuse
- Reduced from 1 on 1 staffing to regular staff schedule
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*TBI - Traumatic Brain Injury | |
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