1000 Chapline Street
Wheeling WV  26003
304-233-9627
24 - Hour Help Line - Call 1-800-YSS-8918
E-Mail
 YSSWV@aol.com

Intensive Home-based services

A package of services designed to strengthen families and help them avoid unnecessary out-of-home placement of children.  A minimum of twenty hours a month of service is provided, primarily in the family's home, by a professional staff person.  Service response is immediate, a blend of therapeutic and concrete support services are offered, and services are available during non-traditional work hours.  Interventions are based on family systems theory and focus on the family as a whole.  Service components include clinical evaluation, treatment planning, intensive individual therapy, family therapy, supportive individual and group counseling, behavioral management planning and implementation, basic living skills, case management, crisis intervention, and case consultation.

Level I
This level of intervention requires 20 hours or more per month of treatment services provided face-to-face by degreed professional staff with 70% of the treatment provided in the home.

Level II
This level of care is designed as an alternative to residential treatment for children with a confirmed DSM-IV diagnosis who exhibit severe disturbances in emotion and conduct and, as a result, are unable to function in multiple areas of their lives.  The focus of treatment is returning the child to an adequate level of functioning.  A full array of services, including individual, group and family counseling, psychiatric services, education, recreation, instruction in daily living, and crisis services are provided.  Must have capability of 1:1 or 2:1 staffing in situations of danger to self or others.

Contact person:  Client Services Intake (24/7)
Counties Served
Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio, Tyler, Wetzel
Population
Ages:  2-18
Gender:  Male/Female
Child Behavior:  Comprehensive Acceptance Policy
Juvenile Offenses:  Comprehensive Acceptance Policy