THE INTENSIVE IN-HOME PROGRAM and IN-HOME REFERRAL CHECKLIST
First we will describe the program.
Below is a checklist to determine if the child qualifies for in-home treatment.
SED Intensive In-Home Program
We provide intensive in-home child and family therapy to as many as 100 families at a time, delivered by experienced teams of mental health professionals. The Program is:.
Intensive: 4-8 hours per week, on average, in 2-5 weekly visits to the family
In-Home: Most treatment services are provided in the home, helping to ensure family participation. School consultation is also part of the program.
Child and Family Therapy: The child or adolescent receives psychotherapy and behavior therapy while the family receives treatment for interactional, parenting, ecosystem, and inter-generational problems.
Experienced Teams: In-Home at Shorehaven is provided by licensed, certified, trained clinicians rather than only para-professionals. Our staff averages 10 or more years of experience, whereas most in-home services use less experienced providers.
- In-Home focuses on crisis management and lasting change rather than merely on stabilization, targeting changes across a wide range of problems, including developmental, behavioral, psychiatric, academic, and family problems.
- In-Home focuses on prevention of out-of-home placement, such as residential, group home, or inpatient, by intervening in troubled family systems.
- In-Home brings change into the child°Øs ecosystem of family, school, medical, and community systems for more lasting changes. Treatment is individualized, comprehensive, long-term, and multi-systems.
- A team of two, sometimes three, mental health professionals allocates from ten to over thiry treatment hours to each family per month, as needed.
- We triage the child's needs and develop a comprehensive treatment plan. Services are provided for up 15 months. The plan may involve simultaneous day treatment, outpatient, or psychiatric services, and long-term outpatient follow-up care. The plan always involves coordination with other services, such as psychiatry, foster care case management, and school services.
- We strive for
• Rapid accessibility. Our new Crisis Service for troubled foster home placements aims to solve problems which may cause a foster placement to fail so the child does not have to change homes.
• Coverage of the in-home treatment needs of children across the entire region including Milwaukee, Jefferson, Waukesha, Ozaukee, Washington, Kenosha, Racine, Walworth, and Rock counties,
• Services can be provided in Spanish in Milwaukee.
• In-Home is a long term program, up to 60 days in Safety Services, from 3 to 15 months for on-going or Medicaid SED in-home services.
- Psychotherapy • Behavior Management • Behavior Therapy • Social Skills Training • Systemic Family Therapy • Anger Management • Specialized Treatment for anxiety, depression, severe emotional disorders, AD/HD, disruptive behavior and behavior disorders. • Parenting skills
This program has important advantages over Residential, Inpatient, Outpatient, and Mentoring, which should make In-Home a first choice for many families. We team effectively with local Child Day Treatment, Child Psychiatric Inpatient, Child Welfare, and school programs. In-Home helps ensure participation of the child/adolescent and the family since services are brought to the home.
Our In-Home Services Coordinator is Carol Trout, MSW:
Does the Child Qualify for the Intensive
IN-HOME SED [Seriously Emotionally Disturbed] Program?
We have immediate openings in our in-home program for youth who meet these standards.
A. Necessary Demographic Factors
- Youth Aged 3 to 20 and Funded by Medicaid (Title XIX), Wraparound, Safety Services, or On-going.
- If child has a Medicaid HMO, dis-enrollment (exemption) or for HMO approval is possible.
B. Three Necessary Emotional-Behavioral Factors
- Must have a Serious Emotional Disturbance, that is, the youth meets the criteria for a DSM-IV Diagnosis, such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Panic Disorder, Pervasive Developmental Disorder, Separation Anxiety, Depression, Bipolar, AD/HD, Oppositional Defiant, Adjustment Disorder, Conduct Disorder, Substance Abuse, Major Depression, Reactive Attachment, etc.
- Must have received some previous services from 2 or more of these: special education, inpatient psychiatric hospital, outpatient mental health clinic, mental health day treatment, probation, social services, child protective services, juvenile justice, residential treatment, etc.
Must have ONE of the following:
- Two areas of Psychosocial Impairment in the domains of family relationships, peer relations, school functioning, self care management, or impulse control.
- OR either suicidal ideation/impulses, frequent aggressive behavior, or psychotic episode.
C. Two Necessary Commitment and Motivational Factors
- Family acceptance of intense intervention in the home by 1 or 2 therapists for 2 to 8 hours per week. Family is able to work towards goals. [May be a foster family.] Family capacity to follow-through in order to work with our team over a 3 to12 month period, and to be present reliably for meetings, to assist getting Healthcheck and psychiatric assessments.
- Parent or legal guardian available to sign a Consent for Treatment form and an Authorization for Disclosure of Information form when we accept the child into the program.
Do you have a child who meets these criteria?
Check off the criteria met by the child, fill in the information below, and fax this sheet to Carol Trout at 414-540-2171 or call 414-540-2170 or email the information to referrals@shorehavenbhi.com
We will confirm.
Your Name and Number_______________________________________________
Child's Name________________________________________________________
SS#_______________
Parent or Foster Parent______________________________
Legal Guardian if different____________________________
Residence Address___________________________________________________
Phone Numbers______________________________________________________
Case Manager_________________________
Case Manager Phone Numbers______________________
Tell us about the child:
Let us check insurance coverage. We provide services for several managed care companies, PPOs, and HMOs, plus Medicare and Medicaid, and many insurance plans.
Ask Carol Trout, In-Home Services Coordinator
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