Child & Adolescent Services
Often, it’s hard to know why a child is consistently unhappy, angry, aggressive, or anxious or why a child persistently behaves in ways that are just not acceptable. If your child is having emotional or behavioral difficulties, Child & Adolescent Services at Gulf Bend Center offers a broad range of resources for children with adjustment and behavioral disorders.
Program Overview:
Services are provided to eligible children, adolescents, and families to assist in coping with mental illnesses and serious emotional and/or behavioral disturbances. Services can be provided in the school, home, community, office, or other location preferred by the family.
A case manager and/or treatment team will work with the child and family to meet goals, provide treatment, and help work toward a vision of success.
Services Include:
• Targeted Case Management – Link, refer, and assist families with resources in the
community and to help meet needs.
• Skills Training/Psychiatric Rehabilitative Services – Skills are taught to help meet goals using evidence based curriculums and include working with the youth, as well as the caregivers and family.
• Medical Services – Includes psychiatrist and nurses services.
• Family Partner- Support for parents from a peer with lived experience
• Counseling- provided by Licensed Professional Counselors (LPCs)
• YES Waiver- Medicaid Services Waiver that allows for more intensive community-based services to assist children and adolescents with severe emotional disturbances to live in the community with their families.
YES Waiver Brochure
YES Waiver Provider Brochure
Program Goals:
• Assist children and families in managing symptoms and behaviors to improve overall health and wellness
• Assist children and families in working toward reaching their personal goals for success
Eligible Candidates:
Children and youth ages 3-17 who:
• Have a mental health diagnosis
• Exhibit serious emotional, behavioral or mental disorders; and have a serious functional impairment;
Services offered to residents within Gulf Bend’s seven county service area (Refugio,
Lavaca, Dewitt, Goliad, Victoria, Jackson, and Calhoun). *Individuals will not be denied
access to services based on current address or ability to pay.
Please refer to the Required Documentation sheet for more information on required
paperwork.
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