It is our goal at Monarch to provide families with the skills and resources necessary to bring the student home - or to the least structured environment possible - as quickly as is reasonable. Aftercare plays a role toward achieiving your family's goals. Whether that aftercare is delivered through Monarch or other services/providers, it is critical that the family receive ongoing and consistent follow-up care. The pursuit of individual and family emotional health and well being is a life long process. The period of time after your child returns home is simply the next step in your commitment to this process and to one another.

The focus of the aftercare program is based on helping to make sure that the transition of the child back into the home is as productive as possible. Everyone in the family will have been affected by their experience at Monarch, and the new family environment needs to reflect those changes. As a result, the aftercare program is designed to help families with this process of establishing a new standard of living in their homes.

The Main Components of Aftercare

- Alumni Groups
- Weekend Retreats
- Intensive Aftercare Therapy

• Alumni Groups:

  
  Alumni group events, held monthly, offer opportunities for families to support and learn from one another. Oftentimes parents in crisis believe they are struggling alone with their issues and never reach out for or receive support from their peers, which creates a feeling of isolation. Multi-family alumni groups create a natural environment for bringing that sense of isolation to an end. Many of the same families who went through multi-family groups with you when your child was in the wilderness program will likely be attending the aftercare multi-family groups, providing a sense of community and consistency for you and your child.
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• Weekend Retreats:

  
  Summer and winter retreats in Colorado are an opportunity for families to recreate together in the outdoors as well as continue multi-family therapy.
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• Intensive Aftercare Therapy:

  
  The Monarch Center also has very close relationships with many Gestalt therapists. If you feel that continued intensive therapy is required, please let us know and we'd be happy to provide you with a list of recommended Gestalt therapists and their contact info.
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