Types of Services:

	Child Placement with a Christian family
	Individual Christian counseling for each child
	Group Counseling
	Family Counseling
	Casework and Treatment Planning
	On-Grounds School
	Information and Referral
	College Assistance Program
	Horse riding program
	Fully operational farm
	Foster care

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Philosophy Statement:

Family Focused 

MSCH recognizes and respects the very important part that the child's family plays in his life as far as the past, present, and future psychological and spiritual well-being is concerned.  Regardless of the good or bad situations that might have existed between the child and his family, the child has the God-given right to have access to his family, and they to him.  A major goal of placement, therefore, shall be to rebuild, restore, and otherwise strengthen positive family relationships wherever possible, unless family/child contacts have been terminated by court order.  The child and his family, although separated, shall be considered the client system of the agency.

Goal Oriented
Goals shall be established for and with every child in placement and the family.  Every child shall have individual goals which he can conceivably attain.  The efforts of our agency shall, therefore, be directed at assisting each child and his family in attaining the stated goals.  Periodic evaluations shall be available in conference with the child, his family and appropriate agency personnel to assess the overall status of the placement.  Our goal is to provide a continuum of care through a systematic, on-going program that meets the child's changing developmental needs as he develops through the different phases of our program.

Reality Based
Major efforts shall be made to help every placement to gain skills in dealing with reality openly, constructively, and with anticipation of positive results.  Every child shall, therefore, be assisted in gaining skills in accepting individual responsibility and accountability for his own behavior.  Although the influences and experiences of the past are acknowledged, it is the child's choices and behaviors of the present that constitute our efforts and emphasis within our residential system.  The child is helped to learn that his choices determine his destiny; and, that he has control over the positive or negative outcome.  Self-control, positive self-image, and self-concept are the goals of our efforts.  In keeping with our reality oriented philosophy, we also strive to be diligent in addressing the varied needs of our diversified cultural and racial population.

Spiritually Centered
Since our beginning, we have adhered to a strong conviction that true emotional and mental health, along with getting at the root of problems with self and others, must include a focus on the spiritual needs of the child and his family.  This is in keeping with our Biblical belief that all humanity consists not only of mind and body, but spirits as well.  Consequently, an on-going program of spiritual emphasis plays an important and vital role in the overall therapeutic milieu provided at MSCH.

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