Carter's Circle of Care

Comprehensive and Diagnostic Assessments (CCA)

The CCA or Diagnostic Assessment must be completed before any treatment services can be provided by our agency. The assessment process involves a clinical interview. During the clinical interview, the clinician will gather information about your social history, current and past mental health, substance abuse, or developmental disabilities, as well as medical history.

• Used to assess or evaluate the consumer’s presenting mental, developmental disability, and/or substance abuse conditions and systems
• Provide Behavioral interventions i.e. modeling, behavior modification, behavioral rehearsal
• Assist the clinician in gathering information essential to arriving at a clinical diagnosis and formulating a clinical opinion as well as recommendations for appropriate services, supports, and treatment
• Determines whether a consumer is appropriate for and can benefit from services
• Evaluated the consumer’s readiness and motivation to engage in treatment

Community Support Team

Intensive Mental Health and/or Substance Abuse service for Adults

Services are provided in the home and other community settings (i.e. shelter)

Uses a team approach (3 members on the team)

You may qualify for CST for a combination of various mental health and substance abuse issues

How can the CST team help me (including, but not limited to)?

• Provide Individual Therapy
• Provide Behavioral interventions i.e. modeling, behavior modification, behavioral rehearsal
• Provide Substance abuse treatment interventions
• Develop relapse prevention and disease management strategies to support recovery
• Psycho-education for the individual and/or family members about your diagnosis, symptoms, behaviors, and treatment
• Provide Intensive Case Management: linkage and referral to resources, monitoring of your symptoms/behaviors, coordination, and advocacy
• Provide crisis/safety management to help keep you out of the hospital and in the community

INTENSIVE IN-HOME SERVICES (IIHS)

Mental Health and/or Substance Abuse treatment service for children and adolescents who are at-risk of being in an out-of-home placement (i.e. group home, respite facility, foster care, etc).

Services are provided in the home or other community settings (i.e. school, shelter, library, etc.) Services involve entire family unit (i.e. mother, father, siblings, grandparents, etc.)

Uses a team approach (3 members on the team)

• Provide individual and family therapy
• Provide substance abuse treatment interventions
• Develop and implement home-based behavioral support plan with the family
• Provide psycho-education (or give information) to child/youth as well as other people involved in his/her treatment to help them better understand his/her diagnosis, behaviors/symptoms, and treatment services
• Provide intensive case management services (linkage to resources, coordinate services, monitor symptoms/behaviors, provide advocacy)
• Provide crisis/safety management services to help child/youth stay out of the hospital as well as residential or group home settings

Medication Management

Consumers “meet” with a licensed psychiatrist or a Family Nurse Practitioner via video conferencing (webcam) or in our main office. This service is confidential and convenient and our doctors offer respectful, patient-centered treatment services.

• Competent psychiatric evaluation to establish or validate the consumer’s diagnosis
• Appropriately prescribed pharmacotherapy options, coupled with appropriate pharmacotherapy education
• Medication monitoring and management

Outpatient Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy or “therapy” is a process that’s a lot like learning. Through therapy consumers learn about themselves. They discover ways to overcome difficulties, develop inner strengths or skills, or make changes in themselves or their situations. Often, it feels good just to have a person to vent to, and other times it’s useful to learn different techniques to help deal with stress.

A psychotherapist or “therapist” is a person who has been professionally trained to help people deal with stress or other problems. Psychiatrists, psychologists, clinical social workers, and counselors are the titles of some of the licensed professionals who work as therapists. The letters following a therapist’s name (for example, MD, DO, PhD, EdD, MA, MSW, LCSW, LCAS, LPC, LMFT, LPA) refer to the particular degree and license/certification that the therapist has received. There are several ways that therapy can be provided.

The following are the most common:

• Individual Therapy when a consumer meets with a therapist one on one
• Family Therapy when a therapist works with a family unit (related or not)
• Group Therapy when a therapist works with a group of people who are all dealing with similar issues
• Couples Therapy when a therapist works with a couple dealing with marital or relationship issues

Psychosocial Rehabilitation

Psychotherapy or “therapy” is a process that’s a lot like learning. Through therapy consumers learn about themselves. They discover ways to overcome difficulties, develop inner strengths or skills, or make changes in themselves or their situations. Often, it feels good just to have a person to vent to, and other times it’s useful to learn different techniques to help deal with stress.

A psychotherapist or “therapist” is a person who has been professionally trained to help people deal with stress or other problems. Psychiatrists, psychologists, clinical social workers, and counselors are the titles of some of the licensed professionals who work as therapists. The letters following a therapist’s name (for example, MD, DO, PhD, EdD, MA, MSW, LCSW, LCAS, LPC, LMFT, LPA) refer to the particular degree and license/certification that the therapist has received. There are several ways that therapy can be provided.

The following are the most common:

• Individual Therapy when a consumer meets with a therapist one on one
• Family Therapy when a therapist works with a family unit (related or not)
• Group Therapy when a therapist works with a group of people who are all dealing with similar issues
• Couples Therapy when a therapist works with a couple dealing with marital or relationship issues

Substance Abuse Intensive Outpatient

Psychotherapy or “therapy” is a process that’s a lot like learning. Through therapy consumers learn about themselves. They discover ways to overcome difficulties, develop inner strengths or skills, or make changes in themselves or their situations. Often, it feels good just to have a person to vent to, and other times it’s useful to learn different techniques to help deal with stress.

A psychotherapist or “therapist” is a person who has been professionally trained to help people deal with stress or other problems. Psychiatrists, psychologists, clinical social workers, and counselors are the titles of some of the licensed professionals who work as therapists. The letters following a therapist’s name (for example, MD, DO, PhD, EdD, MA, MSW, LCSW, LCAS, LPC, LMFT, LPA) refer to the particular degree and license/certification that the therapist has received. There are several ways that therapy can be provided.

The following are the most common:

• Individual Therapy when a consumer meets with a therapist one on one
• Family Therapy when a therapist works with a family unit (related or not)
• Group Therapy when a therapist works with a group of people who are all dealing with similar issues
• Couples Therapy when a therapist works with a couple dealing with marital or relationship issues

Residential Level 3

Carter’s Circle of Care Residential services strive to:

• Provide a structured, therapeutic and supervised environment in a program setting
• Provide services to children and adolescents males from ages 6-17
• Promote the development and implementation of new techniques and program approaches to ensure opportunities for positive change for personal growth, social development, relationship support and development toward maximum independence
• Implement evidenced based interventions to address mental health diagnoses such as Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Depression, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Bipolar

Day Treatment

• The program is designed to assist children and adolescents who face behavioral and emotional challenges in a traditional school environment resulting in suspensions, decreased academic performance and ability to effectively learn.
• Children and Adolescents are candidates for day treatment services based on their strengths, educational, behavioral and mental health needs.
• Parental involvement and support are a part of our program.
• Our program provides individualized treatment and academic instruction.
• We offer a day and afterschool program.
• Non Public School (K-12)