Admission Criteria
Hermitage Hall has specific admissions criteria to ensure that only those most appropriate are accepted for treatment.
The Director of Admissions is accessible 24 hours a day and
admissions approval can occur any day of the year.
Your admissions counselor will assist with application, finance and
insurance options, assessments, professional referrals and parent
resources.
The criteria for admission to Hermitage Hall include the following:
Adolescent Females:
- ages 10 to 17 years of age upon admission
- FSIQ of 65 or greater
- History of traumatic experiences which may include sexual abuse or incest, physical abuse, severe neglect, emotional abuse, exposure and witnessing of violence, multiple abandonments, and unexpected traumatic losses
- May struggle with self-injurious behaviors, mild eating disorders, dissociative problems, acute stress disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, hypersexuality or other reactive difficulties.
Adolescent Males:
- Male
- Verbal IQ Greater than 54
- Ages 9 – 17 years old upon admission
- Adjudicated and/or Non-Adjudicated Sexually Abusive Behavior
- No indication of an active psychosis/suicidal/homicidal ideation upon admission
- DSM IV diagnoses are medically and cognitively stable.
- The individual is medication compliant.
- The youth presents no immediate danger to self or others.
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