Nonresidential Services

Outpatient: Visits are one hour or less. The number of visits per week depends on the youngster's needs. In addition to assessments, several forms of treatment are available: individual psychotherapy, family therapy, group therapy, and medication monitoring.

Partial Hospitalization: This intensive treatment program provides therapeutic intervention as well as individualized education supports five days per week. An after-school component is also available for adolescents.

Intensive Case Management - Resource Coordination: Specifically trained individuals coordinate psychiatric, financial, legal, and medial services to help the child or adolescent live successfully at home and in the community.

Family Functional Therapy Program: Specialized short-term family therapy program for youngsters' aged 11 - 18 at risk or presenting a broad range of acting out behaviors and referred by the juvenile probation/court system. Recognized as a "model program" being replicated in Luzerne/Wyoming counties, it is one of the "blueprints for violence prevention" programs in the nation.

Home Based Intensive Family Services: A team of specially trained staff go into the home and develop a treatment program to help child or family. Emphasis is on preventing out of home placements.

Mental Health Evaluations: Per continuum description.

Medication Clinic: Child and adolescent psychiatrist does medication assessments; informed consent by care givers with regular doctors visits and adjustments to ensure proper medication and dosage. Trained psychiatric nurses who monitor symptom response and seek family and school feedback regarding response to medication and assist doctors. Coordination and consultation with the child's primary care phsyician is emphasized.

Psychological Testing: Provided when diagnostic clarification is needed. Testing is provided under the supervision of clinical findings and a licensed clinical psychologist. Recommendations benefit the treatment team's planning to enhance therapeutic outcomes for the child and family.

HMO Contracted Mental Health Services: Mental health specialists provide mental health assessments and interventions as approved by HMOs both locally and nationally. Services include outpatient services, psychiatric evaluations, psychological testing, medication assessment and monitoring, partial hospitalization services, and crisis response teams depending on each contract. We recently entered into shared risk contract with First Priority Health.

Critical Incident Response Team Contracts: Staff have expertise in trauma response and, upon request, will contract to do prevention training, postvention work in schools, the community at large, and at work sites.

Parent Educational Services:ADHD Parent Education, Oppositional Defiant Children's' Parent Group, 1-2-3 Magic Parenting Group, Active Parenting Group. Additional and diagnoses specific psycho education is provided to caregivers throughout our continuum of care.