Season 1/Episode 13: Residential Treatment with Mona Treadway of Dragonfly Transitions

In this episode, we are pleased to speak with Mona Treadway, Co-Founder and Executive Director, of Dragonfly. Transitions in Oregon.  They are are residential treatment center that focuses on helping young adults build the skills to transition from wilderness therapy, then back to their home environment, school or some other location. As suggested in this episode, Residential Treatment typically lasts 9-12 months.  There's a lot of good and tough work to be done by both children and their parents during this time. During our conversation, we asked Mona about the following: - What is your background and how did you become a part of DF? - What is residential treatment and why is it important? - You are based in OR. What makes DF unique that parents should know about to send their children there? - What types of therapy do you employ/embrace with the children? - How is DF managing through the coronavirus epidemic? - What is a parent’s visitation weekend like at DF? - What can parents do to best prepare for their children to transition from wilderness therapy to residential treatment and from residential treatment to come home? - How is DF managing through the coronavirus epidemic? - How can people interested in DF best get in touch? Please see www.dragonflytransitions.com for more information.