SERVICES & TREATMENT
FRONT DOOR/INTAKE
Assessment is the first step in the process to determine if there is a problem and the appropriate plan for treatment. The legal guardian of a minor child, or an adult age 18 or older, requesting services contacts Front Door. An initial screening will be conducted to determine urgency and appropriate next steps. Please call 330.454.7917
INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY THERAPY
PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES & MEDICATION MANAGEMENT
Our psychiatric team, in collaboration with Akron Children’s Hospital, our team is comprised of child psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, and registered nurses. They provide a full array of comprehensive, integrated psychiatric services for children and adolescents including the latest psychopharmacologic medications. TRAUMA FOCUSED DAY TREATMENT (TFDTX)
TFDTx is a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary program, combining trauma treatment (individual, group & family) with special education for students who have experienced trauma and suffer from severe emotional &/or behavioral disturbances. The skills obtained assist the students to be more successful at home, in the community and in traditional school settings. EARLY CHILDHOOD PREVENTION, CONSULTATION, & TREATMENT
Early Childhood services include evidenced-based programs like Incredible Years/Dina Dinosaur School and Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT). Research has shown the benefits of prevention, early identification and treatment. Specialized staff provide consultation and interventions at child care centers, school and in homes across the country to ensure our youngest customers get the service they need as early as possible. SEXUALLY INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR REMEDIATION PROGRAM (SIBR)
SIBR, in collaboration with the Stark County Family Court, serves youth ages 13-18 who have come to the attention of the court for sexually inappropriate behavior. We offer an empirically-informed, comprehensive risk assessment to identify risk factors, recommend safety protocols and appropriate, individualized courses of treatment; and best practiced-informed group and individual therapy to prevent re-offending and improve functioning in various realms. Youth under the age of 13 can also access specialize services for sexual behavior problems. SIBR also has a prevention component for teens at risk of sexually inappropriate behaviors that have not sexually offended. SIBR is an Ohio Department of Youth Services Certified Treatment Program. PEER ADVOCATE SERVICES
Child and Adolescent’s Peer Advocates are young adults who have, themselves, been service recipients and who utilize their own life and learning experiences to advocate, role model, and mentor adolescents and young adults in meeting life’s challenges. Program components include: independent living skills groups, teen parent groups, Young Adult Advisory Council (YAAC), resiliency/social/recreational groups, and individual peer support. TRANSITIONAL SERVICES
Transitioning from adolescence to adulthood is stressful; and is especially difficult for adolescents and young adults with emotional and behavioral disorders. Our approach and interventions are designed to promote independence and self-sufficiency and to meet needs in ways that are acceptable to the consumer. Our non-threatening, respectful, recovery approach allows our staff to engage this often difficult and resistant population and to help them make progress toward their desired goals. QUALIFIED MENTAL HEALTH SPECIALISTS/CASE MANAGEMENT
Community Psychiatric Supportive Treatment (CPST) is a rehabilitative service intended to reduce emotional and behavioral symptoms in order to restore the individual’s functioning to the highest level possible. Identifying and utilizing client strengths, employing skill building activities, identifying natural supports, and working with youth/families in their homes, schools, and communities are important components of our successful CPST service. SCHOOL-BASED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
Positive changes in student’s academic performance and decreases in disciplinary problems have encouraged many schools to integrate our mental health services into their settings. C&A staff provides mental health services in most school districts in Stark County. Districts in Stark County include Canton City Schools, Alliance City Schools, Massillon City Schools and Fairless Local Schools, and Plain Local Schools. CARE TEAM
CARE Team is an innovative collaboration involving police officers, mental health clinicians, the court system, and social service agencies to help students and parents in school and community settings. Services include individual and group prevention and interventions, along with resiliency and asset-building activities. PARENTING GROUPS
The Incredible Years is an evidence-based program that provides proven behavior-management techniques for parents of children with behavior disorders. Children can attend a concurrent group of their own, where they learn problem solving and communication skills. The Positive Parenting Program, commonly referred to as Triple P , is a parenting and family support system designed to prevent and manage behavioral and emotional concerns in children ages 0-16. This program offers several different levels that are all aimed to prevent concerns in the family, school, and community, and to create family environments that encourage children to realize and reach their full potential. SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS
Clients who are using substances or children of substance users (youth -24). CARE PATHWAY
Incorporates Dialectical Behavioral Therapy for youth with self harm ideation and behaviors. STANDARD MULTI-SYSTEMIC THERAPY AND MULTI-SYSTEMIC THERAPY FOR PROBLEM SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
Delivered in an intensive home-based model.
