Community Guidance Clinic For Central Ct

Programs: Clinical programsthe clinic has been providing counseling services since 1957 and was formally licensed by the state of connecticut department of children and families as a psychiatric clinic in 1999. Assessment and treatment services are provided for a wide range of behavioral and psychological problems by a professional staff of psychiatrists, marriage and family therapists and social workers. Approximately five hundred new families are served each year. The clinic is also licensed by the department of public health as a facility for the care or treatment of substance abuse or dependent persons. The substance abuse/use program provides assessment services as well as individual and group counseling sessions as well as educational support services dealing with problems related to substance use and abuse.

community based programs in addition to providing assessment and treatment services through the clinical programs, there are several community based programs where consultation and education are provided to community organizations and groups. This is accomplished through a variety of agency services and programs including the following: the emergency mobile psychiatric services (emps) program provides community based rapid emergency crisis stabilization to children and their families and provides follow-up care to promote continued stabilization and linkage with ongoing supports and services within the community. During fy17, 23 evaluations were completed by the medical director of this program. The parenting support services (pss) program provides home based counseling services to families whose children are neglected, at risk for abuse, or who have suffered emotional damage due to past abuse or neglect. During fy17, 103 families were served. The child first program works with most vulnerable young children (prenatal through 5) and families to decrease serious emotional disturbance, developmental and learning problems, and abuse and neglect. During fy17, there were 27 new admissions and 21 discharges with 10 families meeting treatment goals and 3 moved/foster placement change. The intimate partner violence-family assessment intervention response (ipv-fair) program provides a supportive service array of assessments, interventions and linkages to services to address the needs of families impacted by intimate partner violence. During fy17, there were 23 new referrals with 20 receiving treatments. The early childhood consultative partnership program offers relationship based consultation services to early childhood educators. During fy17, this program exceeded expectations for surveys while serving over 15 core classrooms and 30 child specific.