Bark, the leader in safer digital devices for adolescents and young adults, is expanding its impact by partnering with residential treatment centers to provide new ways to safely reintroduce and monitor patient technology, messaging, and social media.
As technology has become more integral to our lives, treatment providers have had to evolve their approach by considering digital communication in their treatment plans. As the industry stands now, every facility and provider is handling their technology strategy differently, and the industry could benefit from a standard framework of best practices for how and when to reintroduce technology to adolescents undergoing treatment.
Bark is pioneering a new framework by partnering with programs to offer a safe phone that can be leveraged to reintroduce technology in phases. Bark enables providers to limit the apps and websites that can be accessed and uses AI to monitor communication and alert clinicians to potential risks. The phone settings are highly customizable to match the therapeutic and developmental needs of the patient and gradually increase their autonomy.
Learn more about Bark’s impact on the lives of young people and their caregivers: https://www.bark.us/annual-report-2023/
To learn more about Bark’s groundbreaking approach to treatment, visit us at https://www.bark.us/learn/treatment-centers/ or see us at the NATSAP Annual Conference in January.