Intensive In-Home Services

Home-Based Intensive Therapy

Intensive in-home services are provided to a child whose mental health, behavioral concerns, or functioning has severely impacted the family environment to a degree that typical family interactions are affected, and they are at risk of being removed from the home.

Is Your Child’s Behavior Uncontrollable?
Are Children Constantly Fighting In Your Home?
Has Everything Else You Tried Not Worked?
Are You Seeking Help For Your Child?
Dose Your Family Need Crisis Support?
Is Your Family At Risk Of Being Split Apart?

Our Approach

Create Consistency

• Practicing anger management skills
• Coping skills for mental illness diagnosis
• Developing problem-solving skills

Offer Support

• Individualized Service Plans
• 24/7 crisis response
• Access to resources

Increase Self Improvement

• Life-skills training
• Improving social skills
• Psycho-education

Maintain Accountability

• Develop time management skills
• Help coordinate with other services
• Assist with scheduling conflicts

The main focus of Intensive In-Home services is to provide frequent and structured mental health support in the home of a child who is at risk of being removed from the home. The program provides aid and assistance to the family in accessing needed services to prevent removal from the home. This can include linkage to educational services, psychiatric services, psychological services, medical services, social services and/or legal services. Intensive In-Home Services will also include interventions tailored to strengthen the family’s capacity to function effectively. This service is not intended to take the place of outpatient therapy or case management.

Intensive In-Home Services

To preserve the integrity of the family

To prevent unnecessary out-of-home placements

To link the child and family with the appropriate community agencies and services

To create an ongoing community support system

To strengthen the family’s coping skills and capacity to function effectively in the home and in the community

Please Note: A minimum of one caregiver (parent or legal guardian), with whom the child is living, with intentions of keeping child in the home, must be willing to participate in the program.

Eligibility Requirements

Referred applicants, ages 5-18, would be deemed appropriate if they are:

Experiencing emotional and/or behavioral difficulties that cause distress in the home
Returning from out-of-home placement or at serious risk of out-of-home placement due to violent, aggressive, and/or uncontrollable behaviors
Has had other services or programs that were not successful in decreasing the behaviors (school suspensions, police involvement, probation, psychiatric treatment, or hospitalization)
Displays or engages in behavior that is dangerous, and the child does not understand that their behavior is dangerous (cutting themselves, inappropriate social behaviors, suicidal or homicidal intentions)

Getting Started

If you feel that our services can be of help to you or someone you know please fill out our referral form.

Questions or Concerns

If you have any questions about what we do, please do not hesitate to contact us at (804) 213-0259.