Staff & Program

Staff

Our staff at the Big Horn Basin Adolescent Program is trained to create a safe, nurturing atmosphere for the youth in our care. The size of our program enables us to offer individualized attention. We are skilled in building trusting, caring relationships, offering strong guidance and helping youth in developing a change in behavior. Young people find our adolescent program to be a place where they can overcome problems, develop positive skills, experience success and have fun.

Lynne Davies, Director of the Big Horn Basin Adolescent Program, has a background that includes a Masters in Communication and a B.S. in Business. She also taught Communication at Eastern Wyoming College. Lynne has held the position of director of the adolescent program for the past 4 years. In that time, she has proven her abilities to run a successful program through fair and positive direction of staff, as well as showing a deep concern for the welfare of all youth.
Lynne and her husband Don have 3 children. Two are attending the University of Wyoming and their youngest son, Brett, attends the local high school in Basin.
Ken and Kas Nyberg have been in the business of helping teens for over 30 years. Kas majored in Social Work and started working in a group home in Sheridan, Wyoming in 1974. She and her three sons lived in the group home until they met Ken, whose major was in Law Enforcement. The boys say, “We married Ken” in 1978. Ken and Kas moved to Craig, Colorado where they raised their 3 sons and also became foster parents. They branched out and became a Receiving/Group Home for Moffat County for over 10 years. In 1989 they moved to Escalante, Utah and were counselors for troubled teens on a working cattle ranch until they moved back to Wyoming in 1994 to run the boy’s house for the Big Horn Basin Adolescent Program.
Ken and Kas received the Wyoming “Youth Care Workers” award for 1999. Ken is now House Supervisor of the boy’s home, and Kas is Youth Program Coordinator. Both Ken and Kas say they consider “working for the group home” a misnomer, as they feel working with the teens is a “way of life, not a job”.
Mitsie Brown has worked for the Big Horn Basin Adolescent Program for over 3 years and is now House Supervisor of the girl’s home. Mitsie has done so well that our program was again honored this year when she was chosen as Wyoming’s “Youth Care Worker” of the year 2005. She is a very dedicated and valued worker.
Mitsie was born and raised here in Basin and lives with her husband and son, who is attending the local high school.
Lynne Atkinson is the Teen Outreach Coordinator and one of the staff members at the boy’s home. She has been with the program for 4 years. Lynne’s educational background lies in Criminal Justice. According to her co-workers, she is “one of those staff that you can’t do without” as she has her hand in every part of the program. According to the students, she is “one of the favorites”.
Lynne is originally from Oklahoma and now lives in Basin with her son Mykel who is currently working for the Big Horn County Sheriff’s Department.

Program

Family Fun

We develop an individualized Plan of Care for each young person who comes into our program based on his or her individual need. This comprehensive Plan of Care guides each child's social, emotional, and educational growth.

Life skills are an important part of each young person's individualized Plan of Care. Each youth learns household, money, and personal management skills. For 17 to 18 year-olds who will not be returning to their homes, we teach an Advanced Independent Living Skills class.

Each child attends public school while living with us. Our staff assists each student to practice good study habits in order to improve educational achievement. Illustration of a girl doing homework We also emphasize positive use of recreation and leisure time. Outdoor recreation enables these young people to build positive relationships, sharpen individual skills and develop self-confidence in an atmosphere of fun. We use community resources as much as possible to instill lifelong habits of physical activity and fitness.

For more Information Call Us in Basin, Wyoming At:
1-800-575-7620

bghrn@tctwest.net