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What changed for the young people in our care
We measure how your child is doing at intake, and again as they move through care. Here is what those measures show — with the number of young people behind every figure, so you can weigh them yourself.
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Clinically reviewed by Koren Hudson, MA, LPC, NCC on July 24, 2026. These are real results from our own clinical records — not a research study, and no outcome is guaranteed.

Symptom scores fell from the elevated
range back toward typical

We track your child with the BASC-3, a standardized assessment where 50 is average for a young person their age, 60 or higher
is elevated, and 70 or higher is clinically significant. Below is what changed for the first 20 young people we tested at both ends of care. N = 20
Typical for age
Elevated
Clinically significant
Intake
Discharge

Emotional symptoms

64 → 55

The overall read on distress. Lower is better.

60 • Elevated 70 • Clinically Significant

On this scale, 10 points is one full standard deviation. A 9-point drop is close to a full step across the bell curve — the difference between distress that gets in the way of daily life and scores that look like other teenagers their age.

Anxiety and depression

63 → 55

What most families walk in the door carrying. Lower is better.

60 • Elevated 70 • Clinically Significant

About 1 in 3 young people who arrived in the elevated range had returned all the way to the typical range by the time they finished care.

Coping and adaptive skills

39 → 43

The one measure where higher is better — coping, relationships, self-reliance.

30 • Clinically Low 40 • At-Risk

Coping skills moved up but stayed below the typical range. Symptoms usually ease before skills catch up — building those takes longer than a residential stay, which is why the work continues at step-down and at home.

The briefer screeners insurers use agree. Among young people who arrived with elevated scores, about 32% reached meaningful improvement on the PHQ-9. N = 103 By meaningful improvement we mean a clinically significant change: at least a 5-point drop on the PHQ-9 or a 4-point drop on the GAD-7.

After care

Most young people did not come back

Getting better in the building matters less than staying better at home. About 5.8% of young people returned to care within 90 days of discharge. N = 798 discharges