Strategies for LGBT Clients Dillsburg PA

Improving present treatment conditions for LGBT clients requires a comprehensive training approach that includes the six components. Long-term results are more likely with an approach that addresses these components.

Guidance Associates of Pennsylvania
(717) 732-2917
412 Erford Road
Camp Hill, PA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders

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Discovery House
(717) 233-7290
99 South Cameron Street
Harrisburg, PA
Hotline
(888) 366-7929
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Methadone Maintenance
Types of Care
Outpatient
Language Services
Spanish

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Gaudenzia Inc
(717) 233-3424
2039 North 2nd Street
Harrisburg, PA
Hotline
(888) 237-8984
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Women, Men, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired, Spanish

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Daystar Center For Spiritual Recovery
(717) 230-9898
125 North 18 Street
Harrisburg, PA
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Halfway house
Types of Care
Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)
Special Programs/Groups
Men

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Adams Hanover Counseling Services Inc
(717) 843-0800
1195 Roosevelt Avenue
York, PA
Hotline
(717) 632-4900
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient

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New Insights Inc
(717) 303-2035
716 State Street
Lemoyne, PA
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Women, Men, DUI/DWI offenders, Criminal justice clients

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White Deer Run of Harrisburg
(717) 221-8712
2001 North Front Street
Harrisburg, PA
Hotline
(570) 380-2801
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Women

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Genesis House Harrisburg
(717) 232-6981
2901 North Sixth Street
Harrisburg, PA
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with HIV/AIDS, Women, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
Spanish

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Evergreen House of Catholic Charities
(717) 238-6343
100 Evergreen Street
Harrisburg, PA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)
Special Programs/Groups
Pregnant/postpartum women, Women

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Colonial House Inc
(717) 792-2036
1300 Woodberry Road
York, PA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days), Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
DUI/DWI offenders

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Strategies for LGBT Clients

Strategies

An integrated training and education system addresses both content and process and uses experiential as well as didactic methods. It addresses six components:

• Trainees

• Faculty or trainers

• Program

• Institutional systems

• Professional peers

• Community.

Improving present treatment conditions for LGBT clients requires a comprehensive training approach that includes the six components. Long-term results are more likely with an approach that addresses these components. The process of implementing training and program change begins with a commitment to action by decision makers. The intention of training and continuing education is to increase the sensitivity and competence of the staff and, ultimately, to improve treatment outcomes. The learning objectives are to:

• Raise awareness of culturally specific issues and the sensitivity of all involved persons

• Identify and become fluent in LGBT appropriate and sensitive language

• Implement explicit nondiscrimination policies and procedures

• Develop skills to support LGBT individuals in substance abuse treatment services

• Compile a resource list of local, regional, and national support services.

Training should at least result in LGBT-tolerant treatment. Beyond that, however, training can help practitioners help their clients be more comfortable with themselves and their lives. In gender-specific treatment, services should include attention to LGBT issues. Assuming that the s...

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