Adoption Competent Therapy-Child: Adoption Competent Therapy will explore trauma and adoption clinical indicators in a therapeutic setting. Therapy for the child will focus on processing trauma, adoption-related loss, and the psychological benefits and risks associated with adoption.

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Anger Management: Psychological therapeutic techniques and exercises are utilized to teach someone with excessive or uncontrollable indiscriminate anger how to control or reduce the triggers, degrees, and effect of an angered emotional state.

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Batterer’s Intervention Program (BIP): Intimate Partner Violence Batterers learn to identify coercive control and abusive behaviors. Batterers are taught to react non-abusively and instead communicate with their partner. The length of the program is usually 24 sessions and is led by trained professional facilitators in a system psycho-educational group. BIP cannot be replaceable by substance abuse treatment, mental health service, family/ marital/ couple or other counseling.

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Behavior Analysis: Offers practical and applicable advice on parenting; how to discipline children of all ages, toddlers to teenagers, in the home, school and community settings. A behavioral analyst gives parents realistic skills that they can use every day to decrease the inappropriate behaviors and increase the appropriate behaviors of their children.

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Childcare-Child: Unless exempted by the court, the caregiver must ensure that each child, aged zero to school entry, is enrolled in licensed early education or childcare services. The caregiver must ensure the child attends childcare on all school approved days. The case manager will comply with all requirements of the Rilya Wilson Act including making a required face-to-face visit after two unexcused or seven consecutive excused absences. If the child is reported missing, the case manager will report the child as a missing child to law enforcement, notify all parties to the case, and take the necessary actions to locate the child pursuant to the procedures for locating missing children.​​

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Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP): The parent will participate in Child-Parent Psychotherapy. CPP therapy will help the caregiver develop new, supportive ways of interacting with their child after experiencing difficult traumatic events. CPP therapy will assist the child express their feelings through play and will work with the parent to strengthen their relationship with the child.

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Child Support: Until relieved by the courts, the parent is responsible to pay child support as required by Florida Statue 61.30, or as otherwise assessed by the court, and to cooperate with the Department of Revenue Child Support Enforcement. The parent will supply the court with proof of child support.

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Client Contact with Case Management : Face-to-face contact with the assigned case manager for a minimum of once every thirty days. During the monthly contact,  effectiveness of case plan services and any barriers preventing permanency achievement will be discussed. Any change to the parent's address, telephone, or other contact information must be communicated to case management immediately. Information obtained during the required monthly contacts shall provide the basis for case decisions and recommendations to the court.

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Clinical Assessment: Provides a preliminary mental health diagnosis and recommends a possible course of treatment. It can be utilized to determine if a more formal evaluation is warranted.

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CAT Team (Community Action Treatment Team): CAT Teams provide comprehensive, intensive, and community-based mental health services to families with a child at risk of out-of-home placement. CAT Team services are tailored to the specific strengths and needs of each child and family. In-home treatment services may include therapy services, behavioral modification, peer support, medication, short-term respite, and support groups to address behavioral health and/or substance misuse concerns of the child. As needed, the CAT Team may also provide crisis intervention to address immediate mental health emergencies and stabilize a child in crisis.

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Domestic Violence Victims Counseling: Support and educational information for the survivors of intimate partner violence. May be offered group-based or delivered one on one.

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Family Counseling: A form of psychotherapy that involves all the members of a nuclear or extended family. The most widespread form of family therapy is based on family systems theory. This approach regards the family as a unit of treatment and emphasize such factors as relationships and communication patterns rather than traits or symptoms in individual members.

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Grief Counseling-Child:  Therapy tailored to address the trauma occurred directly and/or indirectly from the loss of the loved one. Treatment will be specifically tailored to the child’s needs. Grief counseling treatment may incorporate a variety of therapeutic techniques to address other issues stemming from the trauma led by the loss of a loved one. 

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Human Trafficking Services-Child: Specialized therapeutic services are provided to the survivors of human trafficking/sexual exploitation.

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Incarcerated Parents: Case management coordinates with incarcerated parent's assigned classification officer to identify and encourage participation with services while incarcerated which may satisfy Case Plan. The parent is responsible to maintain contact with the child via letters and/or visitation as court ordered. Case management will maintain communication a minimum of once per month with the incarcerated parent regarding case related matters. 

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Independent Medical Evaluation: A comprehensive medical exam which may include drug screen, substance abuse assessment, medical examination, bio psychosocial examination, and interview to assess the necessity of prescribed psychotropic medications. Specifically, the independent evaluation seeks to validate the current narcotic medication regimen of clients; it may also provide recommendations for alternative medications and/or therapeutic services.

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Individual Therapy: A form of psychotherapy that typically involves one person and one therapist working together on identified issues. A treatment plan is developed between the clinician and client, so the goals of therapy are best suited to the issues that brought the client into treatment.

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Individual with 1:1 Parenting Component: A form of psychotherapy that typically involves one person and one therapist working together on identified issues. A treatment plan is developed between the clinician and client, so the goals of therapy are best suited to the issues that brought the client into treatment. Treatment will include parenting insights to correct and improve a person’s parenting skills; may be general or covering the most common issues parents may encounter, or specific, for infants, toddlers, children, and teenagers. 

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Life Skills and Assessment-Child: Independent living skills via an assessment/evaluation (Ansell Casey, Casey Life Skills, or similar) will be provided for all children in licensed care aged 13 and up. The child will be assessed for independent living skills and the results will be discussed with the child, caregiver, and all relevant parties. At a minimum, the child, caregiver, and case manager will create a “normalcy plan” for the child; this plan will lineate the child’s responsibilities, curfew, and other typical age-appropriate activities. The child will attend, participate, and complete independent living workshops. Independent living skills workshops should include but are not limited to, household skills, money management, self-care skills, social development, and work/study skills. 

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Medication Management: A monthly check-in to assess prescribed psychotropic medications, determine effectiveness, and recommendations on continued usage of narcotics.​

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Medical/Dental/Mental Health-Child: All appropriate medical, dental, and/or mental health services will be provided to the child. Copies of immunizations, physicals, well check-ups, sick visits, emergency room/ walk-in clinic discharge forms, and/or dental visits must be obtained. A Comprehensive Behavioral Health Assessment will be completed and the CBHA recommendations will be included in the case plan and referrals for services will be placed by the case manager.

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Mentor-Child: An experienced and trusted person will be assigned to the child via a community mentorship program. The child will attend, participate, and complete all mentor activities to help them grow and develop. 

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Neurological Evaluation-Child:  A neurological evaluation to assess whether the child has neurological concerns. In particular, the evaluation will assess whether the child has the symptoms of any specific neurological diagnoses. The evaluation should also describe the general neurological concerns being presented by the child to better understand the child's cognitive functioning as related to their behavior. 

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Occupational Therapy-Child: An occupational therapy assessment will assess fine motor skills (dressing, writing), gross motor skills (running, balancing), and/or visual perception skills (hand eye coordination).  This assessment will determine delays or limitations within the child’s areas of fine motor skills, cognitive skills, social development, and/or self-care routines and the necessary intervention/treatment will be provided.

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Parenting Classes: A course that may be followed to correct and improve a person’s parenting skills; courses may be general or covering the most common issues parents may encounter, or specific, for infants, toddlers, children, and teenagers. May be offered group-based or delivered one on one.

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Psychiatric Evaluation: A comprehensive assessment typically conducted by a medical doctor (MD) to evaluate a person's mental health, develop a proper treatment plan, and utilized specifically for determination of psychotherapeutic medication management.

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Psychological Evaluation: A comprehensive assessment by a mental health professional to understand an individual's psychological state, which includes their thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and cognitive abilities. This  formal clinical determination requires the use of numerous formal psychometric tools which require specific expertise/ education to administer and interpret.

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Psychosexual Evaluation: Utilized specifically to determine specific risk level, diagnosis, and treatment recommendation for individuals who have been accused and/or convicted of sexual misconduct to determine risk for future acting out and treatment recommendations, if any.

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Random Drug Screens: Urinalysis to track and monitor either prescribed or illicit substance use.

 

Reunification Services: Program geared at providing supplemental support for parent's approaching or recently reunified with their children; the focus of this service is in-home parenting education during the early reunification period.​

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Sexual Abuse Counseling-Child: Counseling with a specialization in sexual abuse. The therapy will be tailored to address the trauma occurred directly and/or indirectly from the sexual abuse. Treatment will be specifically tailored to the child’s needs. Sexual abuse treatment may incorporate a variety of therapeutic techniques to address other issues stemming from the trauma led by the sexual abuse. 

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Speech Therapy-Child: An initial screening for communication and swallowing disorders and continue with assessment, diagnosis, consultation, intervention, and treatment. Speech therapy will prevent, assess, diagnose, and treat speech, language, social communication, cognitive-communication, and swallowing disorders in children. The speech evaluation will assist the child's speech strengths and needs; the speech assessor may identify specific recommended referrals for the child/family.

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Substance Abuse Assessment: A comprehensive assessment and review of all the relevant information concerning an individual’s substance use. Includes the degree which an individual’s substance use interferes with their social, occupational, legal, financial, and physical functioning; the individual’s need and motivation for treatment; and assessment of the individuals’ insight and amenability for treatment. Also, provides recommendations for treatment. Utilizing the information gathered from the substance abuse evaluation, treatment is provided to the client; treatment options may include outpatient services, in-patient services, residential programs, and/or day treatment.

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Targeted Case Management-Child: A specialized case manager links/refers children and their families to community resources and advocacy in legal, mental health and academic settings.

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Triple P Parenting:  A specialized course that can be followed to correct and improve a person’s parenting skills.

• Level 3: targets children with mild to moderate behavior difficulties (tantrums, fighting with siblings) and includes active skills training that combines advice with rehearsal and self-evaluation to teach parents how to manage these behaviors.

• Level 4: intensive strategy for parents of children with more severe behavior difficulties (aggressive or oppositional behavior), is designed to teach positive parenting skills and their application to a range of target behaviors, settings, and children.

• Level 5: enhanced behavioral family strategy for families in which parenting difficulties are complicated by other sources of family distress (relationship conflict, parental depression, or high levels of stress). Program modules include practice sessions to enhance parenting skills, mood management strategies, stress coping skills, and partner support skills.

 

Tutoring-Child: Academic services provided to enhance academic achievement; focus may include specific subjects, SAT prep, or GED prep. This is to include, but not limited to: academic tutors, appointment of an education surrogate, and/or assistance with school transportation. The child may be referred for an assessment to determine specific academic interventions to enhance academic success: Early Steps (birth to 36 months), Child Find (37 months to school entry), or an I.E.P (school-aged).  

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