Rx For Good Health In The Community - Trinitas Hospital

Trinitas Hospital Co-Hosts Seminarwith Union County Agencypage 4Research in children’s mental health showsthat a variety of factors can make it difficult forchildren as early as pre-school age to adapt to theclassroom setting. Early intervention can helptreat these childhood disorders and make it easierfor children to navigate the school environment.In partnership with Community CoordinatedChild Care of Union County, Trinitas Hospitalhosted a professional seminar, “Early ChildhoodIssues and Their Impact on School Performance”for more than 100 Early Childhood professionalsin October.“By helping early childhood professionalsunderstand the difference between age-appropriate‘acting-out’ behaviors and more severe situationsthat may need clinical attention, chances areimproved for children to experience greatersuccess in school from their very earliest years,”noted Dinorah Frontera, PsyD, Director ofTrinitas Hospital’sTherapeutic Nursery.In addition to Dr. Frontera, other staff membersof the Behavioral Health and Psychiatry Departmentat Trinitas Hospital spoke at the seminar, includingAmy Borg-Glickman, MD, Kristin Briggs, EdD,and Fawn McNeil-Haber, PhD.Above: From left to right, Amy Borg-Glickman, MD, Chief, Child/Adolescent Outpatient Services andTherapeutic Nursery, Tracey Owate,RN, Child Care HealthcareConsultant Coordinator, CommunityCoordinated Child Care of UnionCounty, Dinorah Frontera, PsyD,Director, Therapeutic Nursery,Kristin Briggs, EdD, Clinician,Child/Adolescent Outpatient Servicesand Kelly Baker, MA, CommunityOutreach Specialist, BehavioralHealth and Psychiatry, werephotographed at the event that drewmore than 100 attendees.Janice Wernock, Child Life Coordinator,(left) and Marion Grogan, MaternalChild Health social worker, Departmentof Social Work, were among theprofessionals at the event.Residential Program for New JerseyAdolescents Opens its DoorsMembers of the Residential Treatment Centerstaff admire the mural displaying the artisticcreativity of the Center’s teenage residents.From left are Michael Rossilli, LCSW, Director,Rachel Singer, LSW, Clinician, Corrine Rose,BS, CTRS, Recreation Therapist, and DaveHalperin, LSW, Assistant Director.An Open House and Dedication took place at the Trinitas Plaza Building inearly November as local leaders celebrated the inauguration of the New PointResidential Treatment Center (RTC) of the Department of Behavioral Health andPsychiatry. The 15-bed Center is the first of its kind sponsored by an acute-carehospital in New Jersey.The facility is a center for youths ranging in age from 12 to 18 who requireintensive treatment for up to 180 days in a supervised, licensed, 24-hour setting.The RTC has been created to develop, coordinate, and deliver high qualitycomprehensive services to meet the challenges and needs of individualswith mental illness, as well as behavioral and emotional concerns. When clinicallyappropriate, the RTC offers treatment that includes family involvement. Amultidisciplinary team includes, but is not limited to, a psychiatrist, socialworkers, psychologists, a nurse and childcare workers.Guest speaker Kevin Ryan, State Commissioner of the Division of Childrenand Families, lauded Trinitas for its efforts to provide this kind of environment forNew Jersey youth, adding that, “Every time we create programs like this one inNew Jersey, we let children heal and reconnect to their parents and families righthere. We in the Division of Children and Families will remain your steadfastpartners in programs that work in New Jersey for our kids and their families.”