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Youth & Family Services, Inc Providing Professional Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Youth Shelter Services to Individuals, Families and Communities Serving the Adults, Children and Families of
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The Home-Based Family Therapy Program
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Services Children's Case Management Counseling and Community Services Halcyon House Substance Abuse Prevention Services Somerset County Correctional Facility Program
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The Home-Based Family Therapy Program is
a home-based family counseling service. A Mainecare reimbursable
program, the Home-Based Family Therapy Program delivers child and family
behavioral health treatment to families who have children between the ages of
birth and 20 with a medically necessary need for the service, defined as
follows: This service
is for members in need of mental health treatment who live, or will live,
with a parent or caregiver who will participate in the treatment. Interventions include providing individual
and family therapy or counseling . The intervention
assists the parent or caregiver in understanding the member’s behavior and
developmental level. The
intervention teaches the family or caregiver how to respond therapeutically
to the member’s identified treatment needs.
The
intervention focuses on supporting and improving effective communication
between the parent or caregiver and the member. The
intervention facilitates appropriate collaboration between the parent or caregiver
and the member. In
addition, the intervention assists the member and parent or caregiver to
develop plans and strategies that improve and manage the member’s and/or
family’s future functioning in the home and community. General Eligibility Requirements for Child and
Family Behavioral Health Treatment using the Home-Based Family Therapy Model. The
member must meet all of the following criteria: ____
Yes _____ No 1.
Have completed a multi-axial evaluation with an Axis I or Axis II mental
health diagnosis; or have a significant functional impairment,
defined as a substantial interference with or limitation of a member’s
achievement or maintenance of one or more developmentally appropriate,
social, behavioral, cognitive, or adaptive skills. ____
Yes _____ No 2.
have a diagnosis or a serious emotional disturbance for one year, or likely
to last more than one year. ____
Yes _____ No 3.
and the determination of the appropriate level or care as based on the
Child/Adolescent’s Level of Functional Assessment Score, and other clinical assessment
information obtained from the member and family ____
Yes _____ No 4.
need treatment that is more intensive and frequent than what he or she would
get in out patient mental health services ____
Yes _____ No 5.
The parent/guardian must participate in the member’s treatment, consistent
with the individualized treatment plan. If you have been working with a child and feel that
the problems are family based - please call for information. The
contact person at YFS is Mary Ashe-Hinote, LCSW, supervisor of the Home-Based
Family Therapy Program at Youth and Family Services. Online Referral Forms: State 65M referral form Please mail this form to: DHHS/CBHS 11 SHS Augusta, Me 04333 FAX NUMBER 624-5242 The forms below should be faxed or sent to: . Mary
Ashe-Hinote, LCSW (Click name to e-mail Mary) PDF (Adobe) Format Referral form MS Word Program description and criteria PDF (Adobe) program description and criteria |