Eckerd Connects | Strive Academy

Eckerd Connects’ Strive Academy is a day-treatment program serving teens between the ages of 12 through 19 who have been placed on probation, post commitment probation, conditional release or minimum risk commitment by the court and who are assessed as moderate-high or a high risk to re-offend. Eckerd Connects partnered with the Local County School Districts of Polk county Florida to serve as a DJJ Alternative School.

This school model offers an array of services and interventions tools that are designed to help youth build needed skills to successfully and permanently exit the Juvenile Justice system.

Services:

• Academic/Educational Assistance
• Life Skills and Self-Sufficiency Training
• Employability Skills and Career Exploration
• Evidence Based Interventions
• Mental Health & Substance Abuse Treatment
• Case Management with an emphasis on family engagement
• Transition & Aftercare Planning
• Transportation

Features:

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy®
• Motivational Interviewing®
• Trauma Informed Care®
• Family Centered Practice®
• Botvin LifeSkills Training®
• Social skills and life skills training
• Community reintegration

Accreditation:

Sponsored by Eckerd Connects and the State of Florida Department of Juvenile Justice