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Appendix A5 - Case Study - Mental Treatment Center for Children in Savannah, GA Mental Treatment Center: Savannah, GA -specializes in acute care (5-7 day program) and residential treatment programs (range from 3 months to 1 year program) for children, ages 4-17, with a 1:5 ratio- children to staff -treats children who have behavioral issues, psychiatric disorders, verbal/physical aggression, suicidal/self injurious behaviors, effects of PTSD/trauma, school learning problems and familial dysfunction -has a specialized program to provide care and treatment for residents with developmental delays/mental retardation -has a specialized treatment program to provide for sexually aggressive and sexually reactive behaviors resulting from sexual trauma Programming A “home-like environment� -they are responsible for cleaning their rooms, working together to clean common areas, personal hygiene and laundry -they have a point system that awards them for good behavior by giving them more longer phone conversations at night, a later bedtime, unique privileges like movies, cds, makeup, earrings, watches, outings to the movies, etc and penalizes them for bad behavior How can a mental facility create a home-like environment while also incorporating and considering safety?