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What To Bring to Blue Ridge Eating Disorder Care Center
Once we determine your teen’s admission arrival date, our admissions coordinator will speak with you and your daughter about what to bring to our Pennsylvania campus and the items to be left at home and answer all your questions.
Of course, if any necessary items are needed after admission, your family can bring them later or ship them (as many patients come from out-of-state).
Please inform our admissions team should you have any questions about your teen preparing to come to our Pennsylvania adolescent eating disorder treatment center in Saylorsburg.
- Insurance cards
- Prescription medication (in original pharmacy packaging)
- Physician’s orders / documentation
- Cell phone and charger
- School textbooks
- School laptop and charger
- Age appropriate reading materials
- List of verifiable food allergies
- Photos of your family and loved ones
- Letter writing supplies
- Personal hygiene supplies: soap, shampoo and conditioner, deodorant, toothbrush, and toothpaste, contact lenses or eyeglasses.
- Seasonal Clothing: pack enough clothes for one week and include: relaxed shirts, shorts, pants, jackets, active wear, sweaters, sweatshirts, comfortable shoes & sneakers, full covering pajamas, slippers, a favorite blanket or a stuffed animal.
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What Not to Bring to Blue Ridge Treatment for Adolescents
There are specific items that your teenager should NOT pack when she is preparing to enter our Saylorsburg campus. Our admissions coordinator will go over prior to admissions and answer any questions.
A luggage and belongings search is performed during the intake process. Any unwanted items brought will be sent home with parents or securely stored while in treatment. We hope you understand this for everyone’s safety and well-being while in eating disorder treatment.
While some items may be trivial for you, we ask that you be mindful that what may be innocent for one patient, it may be a trigger for another peer teen. We also have a small community of adolescent girls who are at different stages in their recovery and experience has taught us to leave these items at home.
- Alcohol, illegal drugs, over-the-counter medications, or prescription drugs not prescribed to you
- Weapons including knives, scissors, or sharp objects
- Valuables: cash or expensive jewelry should be left at home– BRT will not be held responsible for any stolen or missing items.
- Revealing or “provocative” clothing: low cut shirts, strapless tops, short shorts/skirts/dresses, or anything that may trigger other peers
- Hoodie sweatshirts and hats.
- Food items or drinks
- Lighters, matches, candles, or incense
- iPod or MP3 player (okay without internet access)
