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[ Administration ] [ Clinical Services ] [ Youth & Prevention ] [ Community Support ] [ Affiliate Relationships ] [ Employee Assistance ]
Betty Jewell - Director
of Youth & Prevention
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Prevention Services
Prevention is aimed at reducing the incidence of mental
illness, mental retardation, and substance abuse.
Services include: providing information and education,
community awareness events, health fairs, parenting classes, coping
skills training, support groups, alcohol, tobacco and drug-events,
problem identification and referral, community-based processes,
multi-agency collaboration.
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Healthy Families - West Piedmont
This program offers home-based services to first-time
mothers and their children before birth to the child's fifth
birthday. Services include: assessment, information,
referral, education, parental development, child development,
parenting skills, case management, monitoring programs, linking with
community resources, collaborating with other agencies, supportive
counseling.
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Infant-Parent Program
Early intervention services are offered to families and
their children birth to three years of age who have developmental
delays or disabilities. Services include: developmental
screenings and assessments, referrals to occupational, speech,
physical therapy, referrals to schools, referrals to medical
professionals, family support, equipment and toys, educational
resources, respite, social and educational activities.
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Outpatient Services
The mission of outpatient services is to offer a full range
of quality services to children and their families. Services
include: intake assessments, psychological testing, medication
evaluation and monitoring, play therapy, treatment groups,
individual and family therapy, case management, drug screening,
behavioral specialist services.
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Intensive In-Home
This is a time-limited service, usually 3-6 months, that is
delivered primarily in the home of a child or adolescent who, due to
a DSM-IV diagnosis, is at risk of being moved into an out-of-home
placement or being transitioned to home from an out-of-home
placement.
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New Beginnings
This is an intensive outpatient treatment program designed
for adolescents between the ages of 13 and 18 who may be at risk of
developing substance abuse disorders, school failures, serious
emotional disturbances, or other complications which may lead to
legal and social services involvement.
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Second Chances
This is an inexpensive 6-week substance abuse program that
is designed to work with the at-risk adolescents between the ages of
12 and 18 who may have experienced negative consequences due to
alcohol and drug use, and who do not yet demonstrate the need for
chemical dependency treatment.
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