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Stamford
Phone: 203-324-6127
 
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Phone: 203-983-5294
 
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Phone: 203-662-9380

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Programs
 


Please make a selection:

Treatment Programs
Child, Adolescent, and Family Therapy Program
Emergency Mobile Crisis Services
Lower Fairfield County Child Sexual Abuse Response Team
Crime Victims Assistance & Community Policing Partnership
Intensive Home Based Services
Community Emergency Response Program
Local System of Care
Managed Service System
Children and Parent Resource Team

 Prevention Programs
Professional Consultation Service
Parent Consultation Service
Community Education

 
Child, Adolescent, and Family Therapy
 


The cornerstone of the Child Guidance Center for over 50 years, this program provides a broad range of comprehensive individualized mental health assessments and treatment services under non-emergency circumstances.Our clinical staff provides highly specialized mental health assessments developing comprehensive treatment plans tailored to meet the individual needs of each child and family. Treatment options include individual, group, or family therapy with medication to augment verbal therapies when needed. Special treatment modalities such as cognitive behavioral or play therapy are utilized with children best suited to these approaches. Care coordination and advocacy are provided to help families manage multiple needs and reduce negative stressors. Parents, guardians or other caregivers are active partners in developing treatment plans focusing on the identified strengths and needs of each family member, and supporting the enhancement of effective parenting and behavior management skills.


 
 Emergency Mobile Crisis Services
 


Since 1987, the Crisis program has provided immediate mental health assessment and crisis stabilization services for children and adolescents experiencing serious psychiatric symptoms and severe reactions to a recent traumatic event. With a special focus on youth suicide prevention, mobile services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to stabilize emergencies at home, school or in the community.

 
 Lower Fairfield County Child Sexual Abuse Response Team
 


Since 1989, the Child Guidance Center has coordinated an interagency team, integrating criminal justice and protective services investigations, while providing comprehensive services for child sexual abuse victims and non-offending parents.Specially trained Child Guidance Center therapists conduct investigative interviews at the request of the police or the state child protection agency and provide crisis therapy for the child and supportive services for the family to help them cope with the trauma of victimization. This team was the first in Connecticut to achieve national accreditation and serves as a model program in New England, providing training throughout the region.
 
 Crime Victims and Community Policing Partnership
 


CGC brings together two groups of professionals, police officers and mental health clinicians, to provide 24-hour outreach and mental health services to child victims and “high risk” children identified by the police.
 
 
Intensive Home Based Services
 
CGC provides intensive, child-specific, family-focused services at home and/or community sites for youngsters with high risk behavioral problems to reduce delinquent behaviors and avoid placement in juvenile corrections facilities.
 
 Community Emergency Response Program
 


On site counseling is provided in response to emergencies impacting large groups in the community, e.g. suicide, terrorism, school violence, death of a student or school staff member, or natural disaster.

 
 Local System of Care
 


Intensive case management services are provided to families of seriously emotionally disturbed children. CGC works with the family to develop a customized service plan and help them access and coordinate resources to support the family’s efforts to avoid hospitalization or residential placement and maintain the child in the home.
 
 Managed Service System
 
A Managed Service System is a consortium of provider agencies funded by the Connecticut Department of Children and Families convened under the authority of the Connecticut Department of Children and Families local area office to assure that a comprehensive and coordinated array of services is available at the local level to meet the behavioral health and community support needs of children and their families. Managed Service System is particularly interested in providing services for children with intensive mental health needs who may be returning to the community from residential treatment or at risk of placement in a residential facility.

 

Children and Parent Resource Team


Under the Child Guidance Center's leadership, this interagency team provides coordinated services for families of children with multiple needs requiring services from several community agencies with a special focus on families whose children are at risk for abuse and neglect.

 Professional Consultation Service


Professional consultation is provided to area preschools and schools, courts, residential facilities and shelters, substance abuse programs and other youth-serving agencies to help them more effectively respond to the special needs of youngsters with emotional or behavioral problems.

 Parent Consultation Service


An one or two session consultation is provided to parents with specific questions or concerns about parenting practices or issues concerning the emotional, developmental, behavioral, or social
well-being of their child.

 Community Education

Mental health seminars and workshops are conducted for the general public and professionals working with children to increase awareness of issues affecting child development and to enhance the emotional well being of children and families.

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Child Guidance Center of Southern Connecticut, Inc.
196 Greyrock Place - Stamford, CT 06901 - (203) 324-6127