OTHER SERVICES

• Does Boys Town have any other services that will help my children and family?
• Does Boys Town offer any resources for parents besides Common Sense Parenting® classes?
• Does Boys Town offer any materials for other youth care or
  education professionals?
• Does Boys Town offer services to other countries?

Q. DOES BOYS TOWN HAVE ANY OTHER SERVICES THAT WILL HELP MY CHILDREN AND FAMILY? (top)

A. Boys Town has other services that provide help, healing and hope to people across the nation. These include:

Boys Town National Hotline (1-800-448-3000), a toll-free crisis and resource referral service, is the only National Hotline accredited by the American Association of Suicidology and the Council on Accreditation of Services for Family and Children, Inc. Trained counselors assist callers 24 hours a day, seven days a week; they complete every call by resolving the problem or making a referral. Services include full-time Spanish language assistance and a TTY line (1-800-448-1833) for speech-impaired, deaf or hard-of-hearing callers.

In 2007, the Hotline helped 502,587 callers from people in the United States, Guam, Canada, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. More than 38,000 of those calls came from youth where hotline staff intervened to save the caller’s life or provide therapeutic counseling. Since opening in 1989, the Hotline has assisted more than 7 million callers.

Boys Town National Research Hospital in Omaha, Neb., is recognized internationally as a leader in the diagnosis and treatment of deaf or hard-of-hearing children and children with speech disorders. Since opening in 1977, thousands of children have come to the Hospital from across Nebraska and all areas of the United States. Countless others are touched by advances in diagnosis and treatment, parent training, professional education programs, and the world-class research of the Hospital’s clinicians and research scientists.

Boys Town National Research Hospital-West, located on the Boys Town Home Campus in the Village of Boys Town, Neb., combines state-of-the-art health care and youth care programs to improve the educational, physical and emotional needs of children. The 50,000-square-foot facility includes the National Treatment Center for Abused and Neglected Children with Disabilities and the Institute for Child Health Improvement, providing specialized programs for neglected and abandoned youth suffering from disabilities.  The facility offers medical, surgical and behavioral health services.

The Hospital, in partnership with Alegent Health, also provides general pediatric care to thousands of Omaha-area children from infants to teens through Boys Town Pediatrics. Twenty-four physicians see patients at seven metro-area clinics each year.

Boys Town Training Evaluation and Certification Center, located at National Headquarters in Nebraska, provides training and other services in Boys Town’s cutting-edge, child-care technologies and programs to youth-care workers, teachers, administrators, juvenile justice organizations and professionals across the United States and in several foreign countries. From school safety and reading programs to parent education and family intervention programs, the Center assesses, develops and implements specialized programs for organizations and individuals in child and family services, education, juvenile justice and behavioral health. In 2006, the National Resource and Training Center indirectly assisted nearly 1 million children and families through training and outreach services in 41 states.

Reading Center – The Center conducts applied research on literacy programs at school located in Boys Town, Neb. The center uses this research to design programs aimed at improving the reading and writing skills of adolescents with problem behaviors, ages 14-17. Many of these adolescents read or write three to four years below their grade level. The goal of the Reading Center is to help Boys Town students improve reading skills and to disseminate these programs to other schools around the country.

Common Sense Parenting® – This program, based on proven child-care methods pioneered at Boys Town, provides a six-week series of comprehensive training sessions to help parents and child-care professionals learn new skills, build on strengths and develop healthy relationships with children.

Q. DOES BOYS TOWN OFFER ANY RESOURCES FOR PARENTS BESIDES COMMON SENSE PARENTING® CLASSES? (top)

A. Boys Town has published a number of books and videos to assist parents. Some of our book titles include: Common Sense Parenting (for parents of 6- to 16-year-olds, also available in Spanish); Common Sense Parenting of Toddlers and Preschoolers (for parents of 2- to 5-year-olds); Parenting to Build Character in Your Teen; and Angry Kids, Frustrated Parents.

Our Common Sense Parenting Learn-at-Home Video Kit features three hours of video and a workbook that allow parents to “attend” a Common Sense Parenting® class at home! We also have a set of parenting videos that address topics such as getting kids to do homework, to help with household chores, to handle peer pressure and to solve problems.

For a free catalog or to order these products from the Boys Town Press, you can call 1-800-282-6657 (from 7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. CST), e-mail btpress@boystown.org, or write the Boys Town Press, 14100 Crawford St., Boys Town, NE 68010. You can also visit the Boys Town Web site, www.boystown.org/btpress.

Q. DOES BOYS TOWN OFFER ANY MATERIALS FOR OTHER YOUTH CARE OR EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS? (top)

A. Boys Town offers books, videos, and training resources for other professionals in the parenting, education, foster care, emergency shelter, and family-based service areas. Some of our titles include The Well-Managed Classroom, Safe and Effective Secondary Schools, Practical Tools for Foster Parents, and Caring for Youth in Shelters.

For a free catalog or to order these products from the Boys Town Press, you can call 1-800-282-6657 (from 7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. CST), e-mail btpress@boystown.org, or write Boys Town Press, 14100 Crawford St., Boys Town, NE 68010. You can also visit the Boys Town Web site, www.boystown.org/btpress.

Q. DOES BOYS TOWN OFFER SERVICES TO OTHER COUNTRIES? (top)

Boys Town has always had an international presence, from Father Flanagan’s tours of Europe and Asia for President Truman, to its modern day work of implementing programs and training in countries around the world. Boys Town operates programs and trains in several countries, helping to meet the growing and more diverse needs of children and families.

The Boys Town Common Sense Parenting® program has translated its materials into Spanish and Russian. It is currently in the process of translating the materials into Chinese and Japanese. Approximately 3,000 professionals in 45 states and 15 foreign countries, including Canada, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, England, Germany, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Portugal, Russia, Saipan, Singapore and Turkey have successfully completed training and are qualified to teach Common Sense Parenting® classes. In addition, the U.S. Air Force selected the Common Sense Parenting® program to support the services it provides to families. Classes have been offered at 68 bases around the world.

Boys Town completed training at Boys Town South Africa. The organization became fully certified in Boys Town’s Residential Services “Group Home” program. Boys Town South Africa’s teachers in its Treatment Centers have also received Boys Town’s Education Training.