Family Case Management Services
This program offers weekly, in-office, evidenced-based youth and family therapy and case management services to address mental health, behavioral, and emotional needs. Therapy service includes individual therapy, family therapy, and family/caregiver interventions.
Home-Based Services
Intensive, evidence-based therapeutic services and case management provided once or twice a week in the youth and family home or in the community. Home-based services are intended to assist in stabilization and help parents safely maintain their children in their homes and communities.
Wraparound Facilitation
An intensive, family-driven, youth-guided, teaming process for planning and implementing services and supports by focusing on the strengths of the youth and family. Families build a WA team to include natural supports and community providers. Youth in Wrapround are often at risk of being placed out of their homes and are involved with multiple systems (i.e. mental health providers, Juvenile Court, DHHS, school/special ed., substance use treatment providers). In the early stages, WA teams meet weekly and teams work together for about 12 months. All youth that receive the SEDW (Serious Emotional Disturbance Waiver) are enrolled in Wraparound services.
Parent Infant Program (PIP)
Home and community-based therapeutic services for expecting mothers, caregivers, and infants through age 3. PIP is provided when the parent's condition and life circumstances or the characteristics of the infant threaten the parent-infant attachment and the social, emotional, behavioral or cognitive development of the infant. Interventions address attachment, bonding, & parental connection with the baby/child.
Infant Mental Health Therapy
Therapy for children (aged 4-5) and their caregivers that is provided in the home & community or the office. Interventions address the child’s needs in self-regulation, social, physical, & cognitive development, and the emergence of their sense of self. Parenting education and family therapy are essential elements of these interventions.
Respite Services
Respite provides short-term, temporary, and occasional relief breaks from daily stress and demands that can occur when parenting a youth with emotional/behavioral needs. Respite can occur when a guardian identifies their own respite provider and LCCMH coordinates respite services though the self-determination process.
Parent Support Partner (PSP)
Parent Support Partners provide a peer-delivered service as a parent with first-hand personal experience raising a child with mental health challenges or behavioral needs. PSPs use their shared experience to help caregivers navigate child-serving systems and build parenting confidence. They also offer support and guidance for caregivers to advocate for and drive their child’s mental health journey.
Youth Peer Support (YPS) (Ages 11+)
Youth Peer Support Specialists helps youth discover and communicate their needs through collaboration and reflection. They are trained individuals with lived experience that empower youth to advocate for themselves and support personal growth, emotional development, and social skills.
Medication Management
Youth served by Child and Adolescent Services have access to a medication management team that includes certified child psychiatrists and nurses who provide psychiatric evaluations, prescribe medications, and monitor their effectiveness.
Parenting Through Change (PTC) Group
PTC group is offered several times a year and is a 10-week, therapeutic, skill-based group that provides caregivers the opportunity to connect and strengthen parenting skills in a supportive environment. PTC helps caregivers strengthen their parenting skills through encouragement, good directions, cooperation, and healthy discipline while having fun and connecting with other caregivers in the group.