What is in a cottage at CSTC?

There are three cottages, which are single story with a basement (storage only) and have basically the same layout.  An obvious exception is Orcas Cottage.  It has an attached and enclosed basketball court where the others have access to a basketball court on the campus but not attached to their building.  Orcas Cottage serves older kids, some of whom were referred by the juvenile justice system to CSTC.  CSTC is the only state children’s long-term psychiatric hospital. The items in common for all three cottages include a large main entry / meeting room (also referred to as the day hall), two TV / meeting rooms, a resource room, a large dining room and kitchen area, offices for the doctors and social worker, a nurse’s station, staff paperwork area and a quiet room (QR).  It is also referred to as the “seclusion” room.  Some cottages also have a calming room (CR). There are four Pods.  The Pods contain 4 individual bedrooms and a common bathroom, shower and storage area.  The kids in each Pod have a staff person who they go to for direction and help.  This person is referred to as their “Primary”.  All three cottages are locked from the outside and on the inside going outside.  Access to every interior room is locked however access to the core of the structure is not.  Staff has keys to all the rooms. There is a fire protection sprinkler system. The alarm system has sound and strobe lights.  The floor is reinforced concrete with tile cover in the bedrooms, dining room, laundry room, bathrooms and part of the halls in the Pod areas.  The Day Room, parts of the Pod halls and the office area have carpeting.