| Outpatient Therapy
Healthy Families C & S provides outpatient mental health therapy to children, families,
and adults to help with a wide variety of emotional and/or
behavioral problems.
Outpatient therapy is provided at our main office, Monday -
Friday. Therapy is also provided at 3 satellite offices located in
Richmond, Excelsior Springs and Platte City.
Healthy Families C & S strives to provide therapy regardless of
ability to pay. We offer a sliding scale. Healthy Families C & S also works with a
variety of insurance companies, as well as MC+, Medicaid, and DFS’s
Children’s Treatment Services (CTS). Referrals come from a variety
of sources, including Community Mental Health Centers, Schools,
Physicians, Health Departments, Division of Family Services,
Juvenile Justice, self-referrals, case managers, etc.
Intensive Community Support
Healthy Families C & S provides Intensive Community Support (ICS) as a contract
provider for Tri-County Community Mental Health Services (TCCMHS).
This service is an intensive in-home program with an average length
of 45 days. ICS is designed as a crisis intervention for
children/adolescents with severe emotional and behavioral problems
that have placed them at significant risk for out of home placement.
Services are provided to the child and their family. The
intervention is designed to help stabilize the child in the home and
community and link them with follow up services.
Healthy Families C & S
ICS workers have Masters Degrees in social service fields such as
Counseling and Social Work. They work a flexible schedule to meet
the needs of the families they serve, providing 6-10 direct contact
hours per week to each family served. Workers are available to
clients 24 hours a day for crisis situations.
Targeted Case Management (TCM)
Healthy Families C & S provides Targeted Case Management as a contract provider for
Tri-County Community Mental Health Services (TCCMHS). This service
is a 3-6+ month program for Severely Emotionally Disturbed children
who present with problems involving multiple domains and service
providers. Targeted Case Management is an in-home service that
provides support and linkage to community resources and monitors
service delivery to the child and family. The TCM specializes in
working with the Division of Family Services (DFS), Juvenile
Offices, Schools, Doctors, Other Treatment Providers, and Community
Resources to provide comprehensive treatment planning designed to
keep the children in the home and least restrictive environment.
Healthy Families C & S
Targeted Case Managers have Masters Degrees in social service fields
such as Counseling and Social Work. Healthy Families C & S
Targeted Case Managers work a flexible schedule to meet the needs of
the families they serve. Workers are available to 24 hours a day for
crisis situations.
Healthy Families C & S
Targeted Case Managers carry a caseload of 10-12 clients and provide
approximately three hours of service per week to each client.
School Resource Counseling Services
School Resource Counseling is a service provided by Healthy Families C & S that provides school districts with a variety of
different counseling services to help students who are having
social, emotional, behavioral, family or academic problems. All
services are tailored to meet each district’s requirements and can
include:
Individual counseling: Individual sessions to help provide
support to deal with (for example) management of feelings and
behaviors, social skills, problem solving/conflict resolution, and
family issues.
Group counseling: Small groups that address topics to help
students manage their behavior, to increase their self-esteem,
social skills, and relationship skills and to help them learn to
problem solve and resolve conflicts.
Case management: The School Resource Counselor works closely with
school officials, parents, and local social service agencies to help
ensure that information and/or referrals for appropriate social
services has been provided to a student’s family.
Classroom guidance: Working closely with the school’s own
counselor, classroom lessons are developed and presented on topics
recommended by the school staff. These topics can include:
understanding feelings, hygiene topics, and personal safety issues.
Family meetings: Family contact, including family therapy
sessions, are made as needed, at the request of a staff member, or
at the request of the student’s guardian. Contacts will provide an
update on the student and will gather information from the family
with regard to their observations.
Teacher consultations: The Resource Counselor is available to
meet with teachers to discuss their choice of behavioral issues and
how to better manage these in the classroom.
Student observations: Observations can be done at the request of
the guardian, school, or by another mental health professional. The
Resource Counselor will observe the student in the student’s own
classroom in a variety of classroom activities. Observations will be
noted and will be used to help create a treatment plan for the
student.
Communication with other mental health professionals: At the
request of the guardian, written or verbal reports on the student’s
current academic and behavioral progress can be assessed and
reported.
Behavior Aide Services
Healthy Families C & S has several contract staff available at any one time to
provide behavior aide services to families. These services are
primarily contracted by TCCMHS and DMH, but occasionally are
contracted directly by the family.
Behavior Aides work with families with Severely Emotionally
Disturbed (SED) Children. They work in conjunction with a Targeted
Case Manager (TCM) to help implement behavior management plans,
teach parenting skills, and provide support.
Internship/Practicum Programs
Healthy Families C & S
works with a variety of schools to provide internship and practicum
experiences for Masters and Bachelors level students.
Interns are provided with close supervision and exposure to many
or all of the programs SOS provides.
Groups
Healthy Families C & S looks to provide groups periodically throughout the year to
help meet the Mental Health needs of children and families. It is
typical for one group to be running at any one time.
Special Programs
Healthy Families C & S
periodically provides special programs throughout the year such as
Summer Activity Programs and Family Support Programs for children
and families to provide support and education.
Consultations/Community Presentations
Healthy Families C & S staff are available throughout the year to provide
consultations and presentations to agencies, groups, and
organizations in the communities we serve.
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