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Clinical Services
The Children's Home operates a vast array of treatment programs designed to meet the needs of children from birth to age 21 in a variety of settings. The Children's Home operates an on-campus Residential Treatment Center designed to treat 48 boys and girls ages 7 to 17 who are exhibiting a level of social and/or emotional disturbance for which residential care is necessary. Other on-campus programs include Haskins' Non-Secure Detention Facility, Day Treatment Program and the Diagnostic Center. Other residential and community programs include the Close to Home Foster Care Program, Wendy's Wonderful Kids Adoption Program, Emergency Shelter, TASP, Family Support Program, SILP, CHPS, Boys' Group Home, Ardsley Road Group Home.

Each program offers an individual treatment approach in dealing with children in the respective setting. All children receive an assessment of their individual needs based on the issues that presented the child to the program. An evaluation is performed from mental health professionals in the area of psychiatry, psychology and social work. All residential programs are child centered and provide a safe, structured, nurturing living environment in which positive daily routines are established to provide a sense of security through predictability and consistency.

All programs have a social worker assigned to provide services to the child and family in that respective program. The social worker provides a wide array of clinical services including individual and group therapy, family therapy and crisis intervention. All therapies emphasize Dialectal Behavioral Therapy (DBT) in assisting residents to address their treatment needs. Treatment with residents is family focused throughout placement. There is constant communication with families and they are strongly encouraged to participate in their childs treatment.

Children are evaluated for medication therapy and receive ongoing assessment and treatment from a psychiatrist and psychiatric nurse practitioner. Social workers maintain on-going communication with all service providers to assure quality care. Social workers at the Childrens Home work in collaboration with community agencies such as Departments of Social Services and NYS Office of Children & Family Services to assure the individual needs of the child are being met and the child is returned to family or graduated to another therapeutic program as soon as the child is ready. The social worker works with the child, family and community agencies to develop a supportive discharge plan.
Other direct clinical services include individual crisis management services planning, safety planning for the child, child-family meetings and community meetings on campus residences. Indirect services include progress note documentation, collaboration and treatment planning and discharge planning.