What We Do
Our Services
Our services are geared toward improving the overall quality of life for all individuals we serve. Services can be facilitated either in home, school, the community or in the office. In addition to providing intensive care coordination, everyone will also have the option of a behavioral health assessment, a nursing assessment and care, a psychiatric and substance abuse assessments.
Please familiarize yourself with the following service descriptions to assist you in choosing the right option for your family’s needs:
Consists of a face-to-face comprehensive clinical assessment with the individual, which must include the individual’s perspective as a full partner, and may also include individual-identified family and/or significant others as well as collateral agencies, treatment providers (including Certified Peer Specialists who have been working with individuals on goal discovery), and other relevant individuals.
Psychiatric Diagnostic interview examination includes a history; mental status exam; evaluation and assessment of physiological phenomena (including co-morbidity between behavioral and physical health care issues); psychiatric diagnostic evaluation (including assessing for co-occurring disorders and the development of a differential diagnosis); screening and/or assessment of any withdrawal symptoms for the individual with substance related diagnoses; assessment of the appropriateness of initiating or continuing services; and a disposition.
Nursing Assessments and Care consists of a face-to face comprehensive observation, monitoring and caring for the physical, nutritional, behavioral health and related psychosocial issues, problems or crises manifested during an individual’s treatment.
The purpose of the assessment process is to gather all information needed to determine the individual's problems, strengths, needs, abilities, resources, and preferences, to develop a social (extent of natural supports and community integration) and medical history, to determine functional level and degree of ability versus disability, and to engage with collateral contacts for other assessment information.
A suicide risk assessment shall also be completed. The information gathered should support the determination of a differential diagnosis and assist in screening for/ruling-out potential co-occurring disorders.
Psychiatric Treatment is a provision of specialized medical and/or psychiatric services that include, but are not limited to:
- Psychotherapeutic services with medical evaluation and management including evaluation and assessment of physiological phenomena (including co-morbidity between behavioral and physical health care issues);
- Assessment and monitoring of an individual’s status in relation to treatment with medication;
- Assessment of the appropriateness of initiating or continuing services.
Community Support & Behavioral Assistance staff will serve as the primary coordinators of behavioral health services and will provide individuals with:
- The skills and resources to maintain stability and independence in their daily community living.
- Linkage to long-term community support systems.
- Psychiatric care, addiction services, medical services, crisis prevention and intervention services.