SERVICES
CGC offers a broad range of individualized mental health assessment and treatment services tailored to meet the needs of kids, parents and professionals.
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GENDER DIVERSITY & RESILIENCE PROGRAM
Transgender and Gender Expansive Youth services:
- Gender Diversity & Resilience Program provides psychosocial and medical support for youth through age 18 who are transgender, nonbinary, or exploring their gender identity and/or expression, as well as support for their caregivers.
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CRISIS
Crisis services target children at the highest risk for injury, abuse, or trauma:
- Mobile Crisis Intervention Services are provided 365 days a year to stabilize critical situations and prevent suicide, violence, and dangerous behaviors.
- Child Advocacy Center provides a child-friendly environment in which children who have experienced physical abuse, sexual abuse, and neglect are interviewed for forensic purposes and connected with mental health, advocacy, and medical services.
- Community Emergency Response offers on-site counseling for emergencies that impact large groups in the community, including natural disasters and school violence.
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GROUPS
There are many benefits to participating in psychotherapy groups Groups are now available via Zoom and in person.
- If your child is already receiving services from CGC, please ask your clinician for more information.
- If your child is not already in treatment with CGC, please call 203-324-6127 for more information and to schedule an initial intake appointment. Space is limited.
- Groups include but are not limited to:
- Social Skills Group
- Middle School Process Group
- Co-Ed Coping with High School Anxiety Group
- Building Relationships Group
- Gender Diversity and Resilience Groups
- Teen Identity
- Caregivers
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SPECIALIZED TREATMENT
Specialized treatment services target children of certain age groups and diagnostic categories to foster healthy development:
- Child and Family Therapy provides a range of clinic-based assessment and treatment services for children ages 3-18.
- Child First offers intensive, in-home parent/child therapy and care coordination focused on decreasing the harmful effects of trauma and deprivation on early development (ages prenatal-6). View CGC’s Child First brochure here: ENGLISH SPANISH. Click here for more information about the Child First Program. Please click here for a request for service form.
- System of Care helps families with complex needs access integrated services. To learn more about Care Coordination via System of Care, click here. View brochure here: ENGLISH SPANISH.
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TESTING AND ASSESSMENT
Testing and Assessment services help identify and design a plan to address developmental, learning and neuropsychological concerns:
- Developmental Evaluations: assess the cognitive, social and emotional functioning of children ages 3-6, identify strengths and challenges in early development and outline ways to address them.
- Psychological and Neuropsychological Assessments: assess the cognitive, educational, and emotional functioning of children and adolescents and provide recommendations to address any challenges that arise.
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EARLY CHILDHOOD THERAPEUTIC PARTNERSHIP
Integrated Mental Health Promotion, Prevention and Intervention Services:
- The Early Child Therapeutic Partnership Project was developed when CGC was awarded a five year grant from SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) allowing CGC to increase clinical capacity, clinical access and training opportunities within the early childhood space.
- To enroll your child in onsite school-based mental health services at Children’s Learning Centers of Fairfield County; please click here and complete the online form. You can also call CGC at (203) 324-6127 and request school-based services at CLC to begin the enrollment process.
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PREVENTION