Sarah A Reed Home

The center offers partial hospitalization services to clientsthroughout erie county. Program services include acute partial forchildren in grades 1-12 and a school based partialprogram for children in grades 1-12.the school based partial program provides children/adolescents andtheir families an opportunity to engage in a comprehensive treatmentexperience designed to treat the "whole" child. The program offers alevel of care that enables stabilization of the child's emotional andbehavioral disturbances with a therapeutically supported diversion frominpatient care. The goal of the program is to restore a level offunctioning that enables the child to successfully return to a regularschool setting, re-enter the community and improve overall familyfunctioning.the acute partial hospitalization is an intensive 15 day, non-hospitalbased service which focuses on solution-based, short-term treatmentinterventions to help stabilize children with significantpsychological, emotional, and behavioral difficulties. Professionalstaff provides treatment services in a highly structured, safeenvironment with constant supervision. Sanctuary based psychoeducationalong with educational services delivery are provided daily to targettreatment goals that will provide social and emotional stability whilekeeping children academically steady.program staff receives formal training in crisis management and workclosely with a team of clinical professionals to provide a safe andtherapeutic environment. The intensive daily regimen of therapeuticactivities and services are based on the client's individualizedtreatment plan and goals. Upon discharge children will have developedproactive coping and social skills that will help them at home inschool and in the community.utilizing the sanctuary model, the partial hospitalization programembraces the 7 commitments of sanctuary and the s.e.l.f. Model.services occurring throughout the day and week may include anycombination of the following: therapeutic art activities, recreationactivities, social skills training, individual, family, and grouptherapy, small and large peer groups, psychoeducational groups,individualized academic instruction and psychiatric assessment andmedication monitoring.additionally both programs utilize our outpatient testing clinicservices to rule in or out pre-diagnostic impressions which guide thetreatment team and treatment plan.our program continues to foster educational opportunities for collegeundergraduates and postgraduates. This includes our own local collegestudents as well as those in our pre-doctoral program who come fromuniversities throughout the united states. We are richly rewarded withfresh perspectives to mental health treatment ideas, increased staffingpatterns while offering the student a unique opportunity to establishfuture career pathways.our partial programs continue to be a highly sought-after mental healthlevel of care. Over this past 2023-2024 fiscal year we have providedtreatment to a combined 352 children in our acute and school basedpartial programs.

Our outpatient behavioral health department provides parent childinteractive therapy, individual and family therapy, and psychiatric services.outpatient services are available to families with children needingpsychiatric and therapeutic intervention due to a loss, trauma orcrisis. Interventions include: evaluation; individual and familytherapy enhanced by clinical case management; psychiatric assessment;medication management and support; as well as advocacy; referral andlinkage to other needed services. This was our third year working withan erie county school. This service is a replacement for traditionalbhrs (wraparound), and focuses on students who are struggling withsocial, emotional, mental health or traumatic issues. These studentsreceive support and treatment they need in school, at home and in thecommunity. This model also includes a family support element.additionally, we are working to add psychological testing to our arrayof outpatient services. Our service description was completed andapproved this year.sarah a. Reed children's center offers outpatientservices for children and families at numerous sites throughout theerie area.through our outpatient program, we served almost 1,200 childrenand their families providing them with supportive, therapeutic and psychiatric services.

Educational support - our agency has developed partnerships withseveral local school districts to provide a wide range of mental healthand educational suppport services in the school district buildings.these services include refocus rooms in four different schooldistricts, professional mental health counselors for student assistanceprograms, supported educational programs and two alternative educationprograms. Because the records for these services belong to therespective school districts, we do not have easy access to the totalnumber of students servced in these programs. Through these programs,however, we touch every school district in erie county.