Assessment & Treatment Alternatives Inc

SEE PAGE 2 PART III LINE 1 STATEMENT OF PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR DETAILS.

1] INTENSIVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICESINTENSIVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES ("IBHS") STRIVES TO PROVIDE AGE APPROPRIATE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INTERVENTIONS TO REDUCE THE BARRIERS TO LEARNING DUE TO THE CHILD'S MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSIS. SERVICES AND INTERVENTIONS OCCUR WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE HOME, COMMUNITY AND/OR SCHOOL TO ENSURE EMOTIONAL AND BEAHVIORAL PROBLEMS ARE ADDRESSED ACROSS ALL MILIEUS. IBHS TREATMENT SERVICES INCLUDE INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP THERAPIES AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL INTERVENTIONS AND BEHAVIORAL CONSULTATIONS AS NEEDED IN THE HOME, COMMUNITY AND/OR SCHOOL. TREATMENT IS SPECIFIC TO THE STRENGTHS AND NEEDS OF THE CHILD AND ALSO BUILDS RESOURCES TO DEVELOP RESILIENCY. THE IBHS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH STAFF WORKER HAS THE ABILITY TO WORK WITH MULTIPLE CHILDREN WITHIN THE SCHOOL WITH SUPPORT FROM A MASTER'S LEVEL BEHAVIOR CONSULTANT AND GROUP THERAPIST. THE MASTER'S LEVEL CONSULTANT AND THE GROUP THERAPIST PROVIDE MORE SPECIALIZED THERAPIES SUCH AS SOCIAL SKILLS, ANGER MANAGEMENT, PROBLEM SOLVING, CONFLICT RESOLUTIONS AND OTHER TREATMENT SERVICES, WHICH ARE DELIVERED AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK.

[4] THERAPEUTIC FOSTER CARETHE PRIMARY GOAL OF THE THERAPEUTIC FOSTER CARE PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE A STRUCTURED, THERAPEUTIC ENVIRONMENT FOR CHILDREN DEMONSTRATING SERIOUS, AT RISK BEHAVIOR. THE THERAPEUTIC FOSTER CARE PROGRAM PROVIDES A SAFE, STRUCTURED AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR THOSE CHILDREN AND YOUTH WHOSE ISSUES APPROACH A LEVEL OF SEVERITY, IN WHICH A MORE RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT (RESIDENT TREATMENT, HOSPITAL OR PRISON) WOULD BE THE ONLY OTHER OPTION. THESE CHILDREN AND YOUTH MANIFEST SIGNIFICANT DEFICITS IN THE AREAS OF EMOTIONAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL FUNCTIONING. IT IS THE AIM OF THE THERAPEUTIC FOSTER CARE PROGRAM TO ASSIST EACH REFERRED CHILD OR YOUTH TO RETURN TO HIS OR HER NATURAL FAMILY OR TO TRANSITION INTO INDEPENDENT LIVING.

[2] OUTPATIENT TREATMENTATA PROVIDES A NUMBER OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO THE FORENSIC COMMUNITY INCLUDING INDIVIDUAL THERAPY, GROUP THERAPY, MEDICATION MANAGEMENT, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATIONS AND CONSULTATION.

[3] TAP (TREATMENT + ACCOUNTABILITY = PROTECTION FOR THE COMMUNITY)THE UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SEX OFFENDER REQUIRE SPECIALIZED ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT SKILLS. ADOLESCENT AND ADULT SEX OFFENDER SPECIFIC TREATMENT CONSISTS OF THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS THAT FOCUS SPECIFICALLY ON THE OFFENDER'S SEXUAL OFFENSES. TREATMENT MUST ADDRESS THE OFFENDER'S THINKING ERRORS, DEVIANT AROUSAL PATTERNS, VALUES AND DEVIANT BEHAVIORS WHILE AT THE SAME TIME MAINTAINING THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY. ONCE DEVIANT AROUSAL PATTERNS AND BEHAVIORS ARE UNDERSTOOD, INTERVENTIONS CAN BE INTRODUCED TO TREAT VARIOUS OTHER PROBLEMS, SUCH AS LACK OF SOCIAL SKILLS AND FAMILY PROBLEMS.