Behavioral Services Center Adolescent Program

Behavioral Services Center’s Intensive Out-patient Program serves teenagers with mood, anxiety, eating, behavioral and substance abuse disorders specializing in circumstances such as:
* Teenagers with emotional and behavioral disorders who have been recently discharged from inpatient units or day treatment programs

* Teenagers who have presented to the emergency room for psychiatric issues * Teenagers who are not responding adequately to routine outpatient services

Providing assistance to teenagers and families by:
Creating an environment which provides clients hope, help, and support
Introducing structure into the often chaotic lives of teens
Supporting norms that reinforce healthful ways of interacting and a safe and supportive therapeutic milieu that is crucial for recovery
Establishing opportunities for teens to develop personal management and communication skills in order to more effectively participate in social experiences
Offering a venue to transmit new information, teach new skills, and guide teens as they practice new behaviors
Coordinating academic support and advocacy
Advancing individual recovery
Providing Initial Psychosocial Assessments, Individual Therapy and Psychosocial Skills Building and Process Groups as well as Multi-family Group sessions.