Destinations for Teens Calenda House

Our son spent a little over a month at this residential facility, and the impact it has had on our family has been transformative. From day one, we were met with a level of care and support that immediately put us at ease. The staff at the facility are skilled and deeply committed to the well-being of each individual. We were especially grateful to work with Romena. She helped all of us as a family communicate more openly and become better equipped to move forward with hope. The house manager, Michael, the educational team (Nolan and Scott) and Dr. Khan each deserve their own praise as well. They’ve created a safe, structured environment to ensure our son was supported. It was clear they genuinely cared. We’re incredibly thankful for this experience and would recommend this facility to any family in need of a supportive, expert-guided path forward.

Lisa D

It’s not the greatest residential. My child loved the mentors but the doctor, therapist and billing is not the greatest. One day I had a family therapy section for 30 minutes to be honest it was silenced. If you’re a therapist you should know how to process a family therapy section. Rules are really not enforced. After bringing it to the director of the program attentions they seemed to try to enforce the protocols for the residential. Doctor emailed me in regards of my child’s medication to get it changed and 9 days went by until I read that email! I would expect from a doctor if the mother of my patient doesn’t reply maybe she doesn’t expect the communication through an email maybe I should call her! It’s a patient having serious mental health problems! Also, be prepared to have your loved one in and out of mental hospitals because Destinations for Teens therapist call every time your loved one brings up the thoughts. According to a different residential the therapist knows your loved is in the residential for those reasons if the teen is not in complete act to the thoughts they shouldn’t be calling the crisis team. I feel like destinations for teens needs training they are incompetent to these hard times for your loved ones. I would try a different residential it was NO help to my child and they are FAST to call and let me know I have a balance! In fact I feel like the balance was brought to my attention faster than the call from the doctor changing the medications for my daughter. Within a week or less I received a call for balance. For the change of my child's medication never did I get a call and my kiddo had problems sleeping and medications wasn’t even working for my kiddo. To top it off therapist called CPS on me and notified me and never gave me the reason why he called CPS. I talked to CPS and she told me you are a great mom you seem to be trying to help your kiddo in whatever way you can and therapist should’ve told you why he called us. CPS stated I am going to tell you reason why o was called and I don’t see why therapist didn’t. After talking to my kids and me she said I’m dismissing your case wish you the best. That’s how incompetent Destinations for teens is and I haven’t heard the greatest from Destinations at all. Think TWICE before sending your child here. It’s a hard decision because I did my research and I still didn’t make the greatest decision.

Mary Mary

I have been blessed to facilitate Expressive Arts groups with Destinations since 2016. This unique opportunity to serve teens has provided the most rewarding and heartfelt experiences of my life! To be the kind of grownup I needed growing up is so healing. I have grown personally, professionally and artistically thanks to Destinations. The mentors and therapists are passionate about their roles and create a genuine family environment. Witnessing the evolution of each client is my absolute favorite part. As they go through programming, I see their light come back. I love that they leave empowered, with tools and resources that can continue helping them long after they graduate. I am so grateful to be part of their journey!

Keriann Parkes

Destinations for Teens is a wonderful program and I am thrilled to be able to work with them to help create spaces that are pleasing to the eye as well as functional for their clients and staff. Working with Tiffany M is wonderful. It’s clear that her first priority is the client’s needs. She and Dr. Roye are very easy to work with. They have very clear guidelines on what furnishings are compatible with their facilities and they are great to collaborate with on design choices for each group home. I’m looking forward to working with them again soon. Chameleon Interior Design by Yvonne M

Yvonne Miller

I was at the Ladrillo house for about 5 weeks and it sucked. Most of the staff made it clear that they didnt care about the patients, my Therapist, Adam didnt talk to me about anything, and i didnt get better at all. It was very clear that my therapist was very new and did not know what he was doing at all. Do not send your kid here, I had to go back to a different residential 2 weeks after i left this one.

Vex