Services

Services For Children and Families

PRIDE serves children of all ages and their families. Children may have emotional or behavioral difficulties and may or may not be in the custody of their parents. PRIDE provides support to the child and his/her family through services in the home designed to assist parents in learning more effective parenting strategies and to the child to learn more adaptive coping skills. For children that can not remain in the home, PRIDE offers residential options including therapeutic foster care and 4 bed residential treatment facilities.

Services for children and families include:

• Community Support (Individual and Group)
• Outpatient Treatment
• Comprehensive Assessments
• Residential Treatment
• Therapeutic Foster Care
• Intensive In Home
  Psychiatric Care
  

What is Community Support?

• Community Support is intended to meet the mental health, financial, and other treatment support needs of the child. (In other words, we help figure out exactly what is needed to help the child succeed, and we help to achieve those goals.)
• Treatment is provided through direct and indirect interventions as well as arranging, coordinating, and monitoring services.(In other words, we do some work directly with the child such as teaching him/her new coping skills.Other work might be done on behalf of the child, but not necessarily with the child present.This includes things like making phone calls to find a program the child might benefit from, or completing forms to receive benefits.)
• Interventions may include activities such as crisis intervention, home environment stabilization, home builder activities, parent training, counseling, outreach and support activities, teaching of functional living skills, development of symptom monitoring and management skills, monitoring medication, development of the person centered plan, provision of case management, and one-on-one therapeutic interactions to encourage future relationships with significant others. (In other words, the service is flexible and can be provided in various ways to make sure we best meet you're the child (and family's) needs. If there is a crisis, you can call us, if there are difficulties in the home, we can help teach you new things to make it easier, if there are difficulties in the school, we can provide assistance, etc.)
• Services may be provided in any location including but not limited to the home, community, shelters, street locations or school. (In other words, this is about the child! We will provide the services where they are most needed.)

What is Outpatient Treatment (Therapy)?

• Outpatient Treatment is designed to meet the clinically significant behavioral or psychological symptoms or patterns that have been identified as treatment needs for a recipient.
• It is provided through scheduled therapeutic treatment sessions and may be provided to individuals, families, or groups in various settings.
• Individuals providing this service must have a Master's Degree and be licensed in the state of North Carolina in an appropriate behavioral health discipline.

What is Comprehensive Assessment?

• A Comprehensive Assessment is an intensive clinical and functional face to face evaluation of a child's mental health, developmental disability, or substance abuse condition to develop a report and treatment recommendations. (In other words, it is an evaluation to help decide what kinds of services will meet the child's needs.)
• This service can be provided in any location and is conducted by a team comprised of Pride's licensed PhD psychologist and a licensed therapist. (In other words, the child would meet with two separate people for this evaluation, and it can be conducted in our office or some other place that is more convenient.)
• This assessment is the primary process by which a determination is made regarding target population criteria and eligibility for enhanced benefit services. (In other words, from this evaluation, we will figure out what kind of services the child is eligible to receive.)
• The following is included in the Comprehensive Assessment:

1. Health history
2. Biological, psychological, familial, social, developmental and environmental dimensions,
3. Presenting problems
4. Strengths
5. Diagnoses
6. Recommendations regarding eligibility
7. Recipient participation including families, guardians or other caregivers.

What is Residential Treatment?

• A Residential Treatment Program is a highly structured and supervised residential facility. (In other words, children live in a home with trained staff that are available 24 hours a day/7 days a week. The children adhere to a daily schedule, participate in activities, and may have specific behavior plans or incentive plans.)
• Residential Treatment Programs are set up specifically to meet the child's individualized needs. (In other words, each program is different depending on the kids in the program and what they need to work on. Kids who have very different needs will not be placed together)
• A Residential Treatment Program is more highly staffed than other types of group setting to offer closer supervision and individual attention. (In other words, there are typically only 3-4 kids placed together in a home, and there are typically 2-3 staff working at a time with the kids. There is always an employee awake at night as well.)
• Children may attend public school, or vocational programs.
• Children receiving this service exhibit a unique configuration of treatment needs, which, cannot be satisfactorily met with more conventional residential services. (In other words, because these programs are smaller and have more staff, we can manage more difficult kids and kids who have not been successful in other types of programs)

What is Therapeutic Foster Care?

• Therapeutic Foster Care is a service available for kids under age 21, which is provided in a family setting. (In other words, this type of program offers children the opportunity to live with a family when living with their own family is not an option.)
• Therapeutic Foster Parents are provided specialized training and on going supervision to address the needs of children placed in their care.
• Children participate in school, recreational activities, and other family events. (In other words, they are treated as part of the family.)
• Children may receive additional services as needed to meet their specific behavioral and emotional deficits.

What is Intensive In Home?

• Intensive In Home is a family preservation intervention intended to stabilize the living arrangement, promote reunification or prevent out-of-home placement. (In other words, we come into the home and work intensely with the parents to help figure out how to manage a difficult situation and keep the child in the home rather than sending the child away.)
• This service uses a team approach to providing services. (In other words, there are three people who work together as a unit with your family. These people have different levels of education and have different responsibilities to make sure the child and family receive everything they need to become stable and healthy.)
• The team leader is a licensed clinician and is responsible for coordinating the initial assessment, developing the Person Centered Plan, and providing or coordinating treatment. (in other words, a therapist is in charge of the team to make sure you get the best treatment possible.)
• The Intensive In Home team provides direct/face to face and indirect interventions and arranges, coordinates, and monitors services on behalf of the recipient. .(In other words, we do some work directly with the family such as teaching new coping or parenting skills. Other work might be done on behalf of the child/family, but not necessarily with the child present. This includes things like making phone calls to find a program the child might benefit from, or completing forms to receive benefits.)

What is Psychiatric Care?

• Psychiatric care provided by a Psychiatrist to assess the individual’s symptoms and determine a diagnosis, and appropriate plan for treatment. (In other words, you are seen by an M.D. who will get to know you and understand your concerns to make sure you receive the best treatment possible).
• The psychiatrist may recommend medications as part of your treatment and will prescribe and monitor the effectiveness of your medication regimen.