Caring for Tomorrow's Leaders

Teressa Spearman serves as the Program Director for Lafaye Boys Home. She is a Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) and Licensed Child Care Administrator (LCCA) with experience supporting children and adolescents in residential and community-based settings. Teressa oversees program operations, staff support, and service delivery to ensure youth receive structured, trauma-informed care that promotes emotional stability, accountability, and long-term growth within a safe and supportive environment.


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Ebony Shelton LMSW, LCCA serves as the 

Treatment Director at Lafaye Boys Home RTC, bringing 23 years of social work experience supporting children, adolescents, adults, and 

families. She holds a Master of Social Work 

from Tulane University and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Dillard University. Her professional background spans home and community-based services, hospital care, 

inpatient psychiatric treatment, and outpatient 

services, including partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs. 

In her role as Treatment Director, Ebony 

oversees the clinical treatment planning process, including initial assessments, 72-hour assessments, individualized child service plans, and ongoing treatment plan reviews. She works 

alongside therapists, psychiatric providers, case managers, and direct care staff to ensure that 

treatment goals reflect each child's strengths, 

emotional and behavioral needs, progress, and 

discharge considerations. Her approach 

emphasizes trauma-informed, person-centered 

care, family involvement, and continuity of 

services. 

Ebony's experience includes psychosocial 

assessment, crisis intervention and de- 

escalation, supportive counseling, individual, group, and family therapy, and coordination of services for individuals with psychiatric, 

substance use, and co-occurring disorders. Her work with transitional youth, displaced families, 

veterans, and individuals with complex needs 

strengthens her ability to coordinate care across clinical, family, and community systems. Her training includes Cognitive Behavioral 

Therapy for Psychosis, Cognitive Adaptation 

Training, suicide prevention, co-occurring disorders, person-centered recovery planning, 

and harm reduction. She also has training in 

abuse, neglect, and exploitation prevention; 

runaway prevention; medical consent; 

psychotropic medications for children in Texas; and emergency behavior intervention.