Services
All
the programs and services of St. Aemilian-Lakeside promote permanence
for our community's children, adults, and families. Whether helping
children succeed at school, empowering adults with mental illness
to maintain independent lifestyles, or supporting families through
trying times, St. Aemilian-Lakeside strengthens the community through:
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Therapy
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Prevention
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Education
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Support
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Click on any service to visit its page, or scroll below for a brief summary of all programs:
Alternatives to Detention back-to-top
Alternatives to Detention program provides counseling, tutoring and skill development to youth in the Racine County juvenile justice system.
Capitol
West Academy
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St. Aemilian-Lakeside's expertise in producing strong students is
now available to all school children in the City of Milwaukee through
our neighborhood public school, Capitol West Academy, chartered through
UW-Milwaukee.
Care
Coordination
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Care Coordination builds community support networks for children in
the Wraparound Milwaukee program. These networks promote community placement for children and prevent them from backsliding
into delinquent and destructive behaviors.
Community
Day Treatment (CDT) back-to-top
Community Day Treatment (CDT) provides cost effective therapy and
education to Waukesha County children aged 12-18 whose mental health,
developmental, emotional and behavioral needs significantly impact school performance.
Day
Treatment School back-to-top
Day Treatment School is a full-day program for boys and girls age
5-15 with emotional and behavioral challenges. The school combines
a strong academic curriculum with therapy to help children transition
back and succeed in their own schools.
FACIT back-to-top
FACIT (Families and Community Invested Together) is a prevention-focused
community mental health program that helps elementary and middle school
students whose emotional or behavioral challenges are significantly
impacting school performance. FACIT therapists work in public schools,
focusing on early intervention to prevent students from needing to
seek more costly treatment outside their home school district.
Caregiver Support back-to-top
The Caregiver Support Program delivers consistent support to enhance stability and successfully maintain placements for children in care. In addition to providing support, the Caregiver Support Program provides on-going crisis management and intervention, parenting education, and assistance for caregivers throughout reunification efforts or other permanency plan objectives, all with the goal of the best interests of the child.
Friendships
Unlimited back-to-top
Friendships Unlimited is a recovery-focused social and recreation program for adults with mental illness. Friendships provides an opportunity for its members to meet others who can relate on common ground for support, growth, and socialization.
Independent Living Services back-to-top
Foster youth aging out of care face countless challenges during the transition to adulthood. We offer services specifically for youth who are aging out of care so that their transition to adulthood is more successful.
Residential
Treatment back-to-top
The Residential Treatment program focuses on the child, the family,
and the community in helping boys age 6-15 overcome serious emotional
and behavioral challenges. Our comfortable and safe residential
units provide a therapeutic environment where children develop the
skills that will help them succeed in their communities.
Spring
City Corner Clubhouse back-to-top
Spring City Corner Clubhouse is an environment that empowers individuals
-- socially and vocationally disabled by mental illness -- to achieve
or retain the confidence and skills necessary to lead vocationally
productive and socially satisfying lives. Clubhouse members build
skills and self-esteem through the Clubhouse work departments and
supportive employment programs.
Treatment
Foster Care back-to-top
Since 1984, St. Aemilian-Lakeside's Treatment Foster Care program
has been providing safe, nurturing foster homes for boys and girls with
special needs who are unable to live with their families. Children in the program receive ongoing
therapy and treatment services from our dedicated therapists and social
workers.
