Sand Ridge Secure Treatment Center

Sand Ridge Secure Treatment Center in Mauston, Wisconsin is a secure mental health treatment center serving men with histories of sexual violence and mental health needs, men found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, and men involved with the criminal justice system who need treatment to competency services. The center provides evaluation, sexual violence treatment, treatment to competency services, comprehensive assessment, individualized treatment, risk management, impulse regulation, emotion regulation, self-management skills, healthy coping strategies, and community reintegration preparation. Treatment is structured into phases and tracks based on cognitive functioning, psychopathic traits, treatment needs, and individual assessment findings.

Care at Sand Ridge Secure Treatment Center includes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, trauma-sensitive care, and the Risk, Need, and Responsivity model. Treatment tracks include the Conventional Treatment Track, Corrective Thinking Treatment Track, and Adaptive Cognitive Treatment (ACT), with services tailored for men with mental health needs, mental disease or defect, psychopathic traits, personality disorder traits, cognitive deficits, intellectual disabilities, learning disabilities, traumatic brain injury, serious and persistent mental illness, and trauma symptoms. Services are designed to support treatment engagement, behavior stability, risk recognition, emotional regulation, healthier functioning, and preparation for eventual transition to the community when clinically appropriate.