The Family Based Service Program provides intensive therapeutic interventions to help youths with serious emotional health challenges stay with their families and to minimize the need for placement in more restrictive environments such as inpatient or residential settings. The program promotes stabilization of mental health symptoms, provides families the support needed to re- stabilize their home environment, promotes use of natural and community based services to address both family and individual needs for at risk of placement youth with serious mental health challenges.

Population Served: This program serves children and adolescents with serious mental health challenges at risk of out of home placement who are between the ages 4 and 18 and who are in need of intensive treatment and family interventions to prevent out of home placement. Children must meet eligibility and medical necessity criteria in order to participate in this intensive family oriented treatment program.

Services: Services are provided by a team trained in the Family Based model of care, eco systemic structural family therapy. Treatment is done in the home, school or community. This team has weekly consultation with a Psychiatrist who oversees the youth's care. The Psychiatrist will evaluate the youth for appropriateness to the program, assess and monitor medication, and meet weekly with the treatment staff to closely monitor treatment progress. The program is approximately 32 weeks in length. Staff work closely with the child, the family and school, community services.

Treatment Locations:

• 335 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18702. Phone number: (570) 825-6425
• 133 West Tioga Street, Tunkhannock, Pa. 18657. Phone number: (570) 836-2722
• 840 Main Street, Honesdale, PA 18431. Phone number: (570) 253-0321

Hours of Operation: Day and evening hours are available. Please call for an appointment.

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