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PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS For more than thirty years, Children’s Crisis Treatment Center has successfully provided high quality, comprehensive mental and behavioral health services to Philadelphia’s children and their families. These services address the effects of abuse, neglect, traumatic events, and other challenges to early childhood development and assist children in reaching their full potential within their homes, community and society. Currently, CcTC provides services to over 650 children and their families, and treats over 1500 children over the course of a year. CcTC staff members are available to serve as experts and sources of information on the subjects of child trauma and other emotional and behavioral challenges to early childhood development. CcTC PROGRAM SERVICES Center Based Services
School Based Services Community Based Services Therapeutic Nursery (TN): The TN is an early childhood partial hospitalization program for children ages 2 to 5 who present with severe emotional and behavioral problems. The Therapeutic Nursery provides a full array of behavioral health services in a therapeutically structured full-day program including; psychiatric services, group therapy, and educational activities. Outpatient Department: The CcTC Outpatient Department provides evaluations and ongoing therapy for children ages 2 ½ to 13 who present an array of behavioral health, mental health, and emotional challenges. Treatment services include child/family therapy, psychiatric evaluations and medication monitoring. The Outpatient Department also serves as the gateway to other services at CcTC by conducting initial assessments and developing initial treatment plans. Trauma Assistance Program (TAP) and Sexual Trauma Treatment Program (STTP): TAP and STTP provide specialized mental and behavioral health services in the clinic and in the community to children ages 2 to 13 who have recently witnessed/experienced a traumatic event (e.g., homicide, suicide, physical abuse, house fire, catastrophic accident, domestic violence, community violence) or who have been the victims of sexual abuse/assault. Project Tamaa - West African Refugee Assistance Program - Project Tamaa is a community and school-based program designed to meet the mental health and social service needs of West African Refugee children and their caregivers who have relocated to Southwest Philadelphia. The Project targets those refugees from Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea who have witnessed and experienced war-related trauma in their homelands and in refugee camps, and who are also struggling with acculturation issues. Safe Havens Program: CcTC's Safe Havens Program, a joint project with the Department of Human Services, Woman Against Abuse, and the Domestic Relations Branch of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Family Division, is a supervised visitation program for families involved in Domestic Relations Court due to a history of domestic violence. The program provides needed support for families enabling them to safely and effectively participate in visitations. Trained professionals work with families to create an atmosphere that is safe; child focused and enhances positive parent-child interactions. School-Based Behavioral Health (SBBH): CcTC’s SBBH program focuses on providing children with serious emotional and behavioral disorders comprehensive mental health services within the school setting. Services are provided on-site and skills for success are reinforced directly within the school environment. Children Achieving through Re-Education (CARE): The CARE program uses a classroom re-education model which is based on an ecological philosophy that children’s disruption is related to the stress placed on him/her by their environment. This program develops a better fit between the child and the environment through the use of positive behavioral support aimed at teaching cognitive and behavioral skills while providing individualized instruction. Consultation & Education Program (C&E): CcTC’s C&E program provides short-term preventative case management services in Philadelphia public schools. The C&E specialists serve children who suffer or are at risk of suffering from behavioral health problems. The staff ensures that natural supports, as well as traditional and non-traditional resources are being used for the children. Behavioral Health Rehabilitation Services (BHRS): CcTC’s BHRS program provides support for children ages 5 to 13. This service places support into the child’s community, school, and home by providing individualized Therapeutic Staff Support (TSS) Services, Mobile Individual and Family Therapy, Behavior Specialist Services and Medical Case Management Services. Intensive Case Management (ICM): The Intensive Case Management program provide direct services to children ages 3 to 18 who display serious emotional disturbances. ICM works to ensure that children and their families utilize natural supports, as well as traditional and non-traditional community resources to develop appropriate relationships with family and caregivers. Services include assessment and evaluation of medical, family and educational history, support network and resource building for the child and family, and child and system advocacy. Summer Therapeutic Enrichment Program (STEP): The Summer Therapeutic Enrichment Program is a therapeutic/recreational summer camp that serves children between the ages of 5 and 13. The camp provides children with a safe environment where they can develop and practice needed social skills. Most of the children have been denied access to other summer camps due to behavior and emotional difficulties in the past. In STEP, all children successfully complete the 7-week program, learn valuable skills, and explore community options. Most importantly, they have the opportunity to enjoy childhood activities as others do while at the same time receiving art, dance/movement, and recreational therapies. Family-Based Program: The Family-Based Program offers team-delivered services rendered in the home and community. These short-term, intensive services are designed to integrate mental health treatment, family support services, and routine case management. By taking this approach the program aims to enable families to continue to care for their children with serious emotional disturbances at home, therefore reducing the need for out of home placement. |