ANNUAL REPORT 2003 - Los Angeles Child Guidance Clinic

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FAMILY-CENTERED PROGRAMS System of Care The Los Angeles Child Guidance Clinic is a participating agency in the county-based System of Care program. This interagency program coordinates services for seriously emotionally disturbed children involved in multiple public service systems (e.g., the Departments of Mental Health, Children and Family Services and Probation) who are at risk for placement in a group home or more restrictive setting. The Clinic’s role in the System of Care is the delivery of communitybased and in-home mental health and case management services. Each family is assigned a therapist and a family advocate who help the family in identifying and working toward their treatment goals. The treatment team maintains small caseloads to ensure their availability to provide individualized, intensive services. Each family actively participates in the program and becomes a member the System of Care treatment team. In support of family-centered programming, the System of Care embraces: • FAMILY AND CHILD STRENGTHS • PARENTS AS PARTNERS AND PART OF THE SOLUTION • IN-HOME, COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES • PARENT ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT • FLEXIBLE SERVICES TAILORED TO THE NEEDS OF EACH FAMILY Parent Night The "Parent Night" component of our After-School Day Treatment program provides quality time to engage in fun activities that facilitate positive interactions between children and their caregivers. The first half of "Parent Night" is dedicated to a parent-child activity, such as playing board games or creating art projects together. The second half of the evening involves the parents in a support group run by therapists, which provides help and encouragement from the treatment team, as well as from other caregivers. In this setting, caregivers whose children have been in the program for a longer period are often able to gain perspective on how far their children have come during their treatment. They realize their progress when they can say to newer parents “my child used to do that, too.” With the caregiver’s active involvement in the treatment of their child, there is a better chance that the child’s accomplishments in the program will be maintained in the home and school environments. MISSION POSSIBLE | 8
SPECIALIZED EDUCATION SERVICES Burton Green School The Clinic’s Burton Green School is often a last resort for youngsters whose mental health issues stand in the way of their academic success. A nonpublic school contractor with Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) serving grades 1-12, our School provides an environment conducive to learning by addressing each student’s unique social, emotional and educational needs. The Burton Green School was recently evaluated on both program quality and education compliance by the California Department of Education and LAUSD, earning perfect scores on both site certifications. These independent reviews demonstrate our success in helping students with Severe Emotional Disturbance (SED) — who often have accompanying learning disabilities and a history of school failure — to graduate or experience other achievements in life. The educational journey includes academic remediation or enrichment, therapeutic interventions and transition skills focused on supporting a youngster’s progress from school into the greater community. Based on academic and behavioral assessments, each student at the Burton Green School has an individualized learning and treatment plan. Guided by teachers and therapists working in tandem, the educational journey includes academic remediation or enrichment, therapeutic interventions and transition skills to support progress from school into the greater community. Last spring semester we supported four students dually enrolled in the Burton Green School and in public school – the first step in the process of returning successful students to mainstream schools. Five Burton Green seniors completed all the same graduation requirements as public high school students. MISSION POSSIBLE | 9
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