Children & Adolescent Services
Children and Adolescents Outpatient Services is committed to serving children and adolescents with severe emotional, mental and/or behavioral problems and to prevent the development of serious mental illness. We are located in different parts of the community to provide better access to services. Services are provided to children and adolescents with a mental health disorder who as a result of their mental health disorder their lives are impaired or are at risk of being impaired at home, school or the community. The following services are provided by highly qualified psychiatrist, clinicians and mental health rehabilitation technicians:
Intake Assessment
The first appointment is with a qualified clinician who conducts a comprehensive assessment to identify your individual needs, strengths, treatment history as well as your developmental, vocational, and social history.
Medication Support Services
This service is provided by a psychiatrist who assesses, prescribes, administers, and monitors medication effectiveness. Nursing staff also evaluates your health by collecting medical history and they monitoring your progress.
Therapy
Therapy is provided individually or in a group setting by qualified clinicians with the focus to assist individuals in resolving problem areas. Some of the therapy models focus on dealing with depression, anxiety, anger and socialization problems, adjustment, and symptoms related to traumatic experiences.
Rehabilitative Services
This service assists you and your family in the development of skills to improve or maintain your functioning related to learning, independent living and enhanced self-sufficiency.
Targeted Case Management
Services that provide assistance to access needed medical, educational, social, prevocational, vocational, rehabilitative, or other community services.
Crisis Intervention
An emergency response service for a condition which requires immediate intervention.
Inpatient Services
This service includes assessment of individual immediate needs and referral to contracted inpatient psychiatric services.
Specialized Services
The following are specialized services for eligible children and youth in need of supportive services to remain at home or to maintain their current level placement:
- Therapeutic Behavioral Services (TBS): An intensive, short term, one-to-one service for children, youth and young adults who have serious emotional problems and are experiencing a stressful transition or life crisis. TBS is intended to supplement other specialty mental health services by addressing the target behavior(s) or symptom(s) that are jeopardizing the child, youth or young adult’s current living situation or planned transition to a lower level of placement.
- Intensive Care Coordination (ICC): A service that ensures services are accessed, coordinated, and delivered in a strength-based, individualized, family/youth-driven manner.
- Intensive Home-Based Services (IHBS): Individualized, strength-based interventions designed to assist the child or youth develop the skills necessary for successful functioning and to provide the family with the ability to help the youth to successfully function in the home and community.
Children and Adolescent Outpatient Clinics
These clinics provide a wide array of services at numerous locations throughout the Imperial County.
Vista Sands Socialization Programs
313 Waterman Ave.
El Centro, CA 92243
(442) 265-7350
Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Programs
313 Waterman Ave.
El Centro, CA 92243
(442) 265-7350
Children and Adolescents Outpatient Clinics
Brawley Outpatient Clinic
195 S. 9th Street
Brawley, CA 92227
(442) 265-5080
Calexico Outpatient Clinic
101 Hacienda Drive, Suite C
Calexico, CA 92231
(442) 265-6450
El Centro Outpatient Clinics
120 N. 8th Street
El Centro, CA 92243
(442) 265-1670
651 Wake Avenue
El Centro, CA 92243
(442) 265-7400
Winterhaven Outpatient Clinic/San Pasqual Family Resource Center
676 Baseline Road
Winterhaven, CA 92283
(442) 265-7291
Vista Sands Socialization Programs
Vista Sands Children’s Socialization Program is a collaborative program between ICBHS and Imperial County School Districts. The program is designed to assist children whose capacity to function at home, school, and the community has been impaired by emotional and behavioral problems. Children participate daily in highly structured activities that focus on skill acquisition such as social skills, problem solving, self-esteem enhancement, self-management, self-control, as well as educational development. Admission is open to qualifying children throughout the Imperial County who are between the ages of 7 to 12.
Brawley Vista Sands – Oakley Elementary
1401 B Street
Brawley, CA 92227
(442) 265-7245
Calexico Vista Sands – Kennedy Gardens
2300 Rockwood Avenue
Calexico, CA 92231
(442) 265-7240
El Centro Vista Sands – De Anza Elementary
1530 Waterman Avenue
El Centro, CA 92243
(442) 265-7235
Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Programs
Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI) – Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
Children and adolescents are provided with Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) to prevent the development of serious mental illness for children and adolescents who have experienced a traumatic life event.
TF-CBT is an evidence-based therapy approach for children and adolescents who are experiencing significant emotional and behavioral difficulties related to traumatic life events such as child sexual or physical abuse; loss of a loved one; domestic school, or community violence; exposure to disasters, terrorist attacks, or war trauma. This intervention targets symptoms of post-traumatic street disorder (PTSD), which often co-occurs with depression and other behavioral problems. It also addresses issues commonly experienced by traumatized children, such as poor self-esteem, difficulty trusting others, mood instability, and self-injurious behavior, including substance use. Children and parents learn new skills to help process thoughts and feelings related to traumatic life events; manage and resolve distressing thoughts, feelings, and behaviors related traumatic life events; and enhance safety, growth, parenting skills, and family communication.
Innovation – First Step to Success (FSS)
Kindergarten school-aged children are provided with First Step to Success (FSS) interventions as an approach to identify and provide early intervention services to children at risk of developing behavioral problems.
First Step to Success program is an evidence-based early intervention program that provides positive reinforcement interventions to the child at school and at home. The Primary focus is to improve the child’s social adjustment and academic performance with the involvement of teachers, parents, and peers.
313 Waterman Avenue
El Centro, CA 92243
(442) 265-7350
Presumptive Transfer
Http: //www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/foster-care/presmptive-transfer
Background
Presumptive Transfer is the prompt transfer of the responsibility for providing and paying for specialty mental health services (SMHS) for children and youth in foster care who are placed outside of the county in which they cam into care.
Mission
Every child , youth, and non-minor dependent in foster care has a Child and Family Team (CFT) that is invested in the child or youth and family’s success. Decisions about placement, case and treatment plans, and presumptive transfer of mental health services are discussed with members of the CFT. The CFT collectively develops a plan and makes decisions that meet the individual strengths and needs of the child and youth.
Goal
The goal of presumptive transfer is to provide children and youth in foster care with timely access to SMHS, consistent with their individual strengths and needs.
Please contact the following Access Unit staff for Presumptive Transfer related matters:
Anais Lopez, Program Supervisor I
Phone: (442) 265-1597
Fax: (442) 265-1703
https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/foster-care/presumptive-transfer/county-points-of-contact