FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 30, 2008
Turpin High School junior donates to adolescent services
Kelsey Jackson gives to teens at Talbert House for National Honor Society project
Turpin High School Junior Kelsey Jackson donates personal care items to Talbert House adolescent services as part of a National Honor Society project. |
CINCINNATI—Kelsey Jackson, a Turpin High School junior and an Anderson Township resident, recently donated items to Talbert House residential adolescent clients as part of a National Honor Society volunteer project. The items are used as rewards for the teens, who are receiving mental health or substance abuse services.
Jackson held a yard sale, and then took the proceeds to purchase personal care items, such as health and beauty products, journals and school supplies, for use at the adolescent programs.
“Kelsey is demonstrating the type of pro-social behavioral that we are working to instill in the adolescents we serve,” said Josh Arnold, director of Adolescent Services. “Having these types of items as incentives are important as one way to positively reinforce the teens as they move through the program.”
Talbert House adolescent services clients stay an average of 120 days and receive treatment and education services based on their individual needs. More than 400 teens are served each year.
Incentives are used as part of the “teaching family model,” a best-practice behavioral management model that rewards good behavior and encourages teens to develop problem-solving skills. Talbert House uses TFM, funded in part by The Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati, in its four adolescent residential programs in Hamilton and Butler counties.
Jackson chose Talbert House’s adolescent services as the focus of her National Honor Society project after researching Talbert House on VolunteerMatch.com. She has completed other volunteer projects at Matthew 25: Ministries and recycling projects in Clermont County.
Talbert House is a community-wide nonprofit network of social services with over 40 proven programs focusing on prevention, assessment, treatment and reintegration. Each year, Talbert House helps more than 28,000 men, women and children across Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky overcome adversity to become healthy and productive citizens through its programs in community corrections, mental health, substance abuse and welfare-to-work.
# # #
