AZLEWAY BOYS' RANCH RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTER
Located on over 50 acres of rolling hills, tall pines and scattered lakes, Azleway is an ideal setting for children. Young men 6 to 17 that are placed at Azleway live in one of seven spacious cottages grouped by age.
To create a home-like atmosphere, Azleway features family-style living in a cottage setting. Cottages are designed much like homes, with a living room, dining area, kitchen, and bathroom facilities. Live-in staff have permanent living quarters within each of the cottages.
Program Features include:
◦ A Rural Setting
◦ An On-Campus School
◦ On-Site Licensed
- Therapist
- Social Worker
- Psychologist & Psychiatrist
◦ Structured Homework Time
◦ Home Responsiblities through Help with Chores & Meals
◦ Family Style Outings
◦ Zoo
◦ Camping
◦ Summer Vacations
◦ Six Flags Outings
◦ Fishing
◦ Hunting
◦ Structured Therapeutic Recreation
◦ Boy Scout Troop 308
◦ Outdoor Education
No efforts are spared to enhance each child’s emotional, physical, mental and spiritual growth through structured individual and group counseling, church attendance, and the most important ingredient – caring personnel.
INTENSIVE THERAPY SET IN RELAXED ATMOSPHERE
Meeting Therapeutic Needs:
Azleway Boy’s Ranch provides a variety of professional services tailored to meet the needs of resident’s in a planned continuum of care. Providing flexible, individualized therapy, testing and counseling services, Azleway staff professionals are committed to building a program to fit each individual child’s needs.
Professional Staff Includes:
◦ Psychiatrist
◦ Psychologist
◦ Program Directors
◦ Licensed Child Care Administrators
Recreational Therapy:
Azleway offers daily, therapeutic recreation programs for all Ranch residents. The Recreation Center is open for billiards, electronic games, table games, and weight training. Throughout the year, our recreation staff are considering innovative ways to offer additional options for exercise, recreation, and entertainment.
Activities Include:
◦ Camping
◦ Hiking
◦ Shows, Concerts, and Special Events
◦ Trips to Fairs, Amusement Parks, and Festivals
◦ Covered Pavilion
◦ Athletic Fields
Behavior Modification System:
Azleway’s Behavior Modification System is based on reward for progress. Students receive an allowance based on an average of daily scores for the week.
Although clothing & food are free to the students (through Papa Bill’s Grocery Store & Jones General Mercantile) attempts are made to teach each child budgeting, planning, and frugal shopping techniques.
Azleway Accepts Diagnosis of:
- Adjustment/Conduct Disorders
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Depression
- Dysthymia
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder
- Personality Disorders
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Substance Abuse (Out Patient Treatment)
Azleway Also Works With:
- Behavior Management
- Adjudicated Delinquents
- Depression, Sadness, Withdrawal
- Enuresis
- IQ above 70
- Medication
- Property Destruction
- Numerous Placements
- Physically Aggressive / Abusive
- Assaultive Behavior
- Sexually Inappropriate Behavior
- Substance Abuse
TREATING MIND…BODY…& SOUL
It is the ongoing mission of Azleway Boy’s Ranch to provide quality services to at-risk boys in our community. We believe each young man was uniquely created by God with a mind, body, and a spirit. If we are to make a difference in their lives, it will be because we met them at their point of need in each of these areas. We all know the effects of a failure to meet a child’s physical or emotional needs, but we must not ignore the enormous disservice we will do the children in our care if we fail to meet their spiritual needs as well.
Recognizing the importance of spiritual concerns to a child’s overall well-being, Azleway has a full time Chaplain on staff. This gives continuity to the Chapel program at Azleway and allows it to reach out further to meet the needs of children in our care.
Regardless of their situation when they come to us, our purpose remains the same: To bring each child into a caring environment where they receive structure, compassion, educational opportunities, and coping skills with the ultimate goal being to direct them back to a healthy environment.
Please pray that God will bless our efforts as we strive to reach out to these young men with His love and His message.