Your Child’s Behavioral Health Matters!
Foundation Health is dedicated to providing high-quality counseling and therapy services to children and adolescents. Our team of experts offers a range of behavioral health services to prevent drug abuse and promote mental wellness in young people. Click here to learn more about our services.
Foundation Health Center for Children Team
Our Mission
At FoundationHealth, we are dedicated to providing the best possible care to children and adolescents in need of counseling services. Our team of experts is here to help children overcome obstacles, gain confidence, and build emotional resilience. We believe that every child deserves the opportunity to live a happy and healthy life, and we strive to provide the support and guidance necessary to make that happen. Whether your child is struggling with anxiety, depression, or any other mental health concern, we are here to help.
Our services
Medication Management
Medication Management represents the outpatient treatment phase exclusively overseen by a certified physician or other healthcare professionals within their authorized scope of practice, who prescribe medication based on the client’s diagnosed condition and symptomatology.
Within our medication management services, we provide consistent supervision of the client’s medication regimen, advocate for adherence to the prescribed medication plan, maintain a comprehensive record of all medications presently utilized by the client, and engage in collaborative efforts with other parties involved in the service provision.
Diagnostic Assesment
Diagnostic Assessment is an intensive clinical and functional face-to-face evaluation of a recipient’s mental health, developmental disability, or substance abuse condition that results in the issuance of a Diagnostic/Assessment report with a recommendation regarding whether the recipient meets target population criteria, and includes an order for Enhanced Benefits services that provides the basis for the development of an initial Person Centered Plan. For substance abuse-focused Diagnostic/Assessment, the designated Diagnostic Tool specified by DMH (e.g., SUDDS IV, ASI, SASSI) for specific substance abuse target populations (i.e., Work First, DWI, etc.) must be used. In addition, any elements included in this service definition that are not covered by the tool must be completed.
Telehealth
Telehealth denotes the utilization of bidirectional, contemporaneous interactive audio and video communication systems connecting locations where there exists a variance in psychiatric expertise, for the purpose of delivering and bolstering healthcare and psychiatric care services to individuals who are geographically separated.
Telehealth services will be administered through bidirectional, real-time interactive audio and video interfaces. Medications prescribed and managed will adhere to prevailing national and local healthcare standards and will be in accordance with currently established practice guidelines on record.
Telehealth encompasses the provision of Individual, Family, and Group counseling/therapy. Licensed Clinicians delivering Telehealth services will do so utilizing nationally acknowledged models that are grounded in empirical evidence and can be quantitatively assessed.
Outpatient Therapy (OTP)
Outpatient Therapy represents an integral component in the effective modification and treatment of various behavioral symptoms that hinder an individual’s daily functioning. At the FOUNDATION HEALTH CENTER FOR CHILDREN (FHCFC), therapists advocate for a versatile approach, tailoring the therapy model to each client’s specific needs, with the goal of nurturing a robust therapeutic relationship that can lead to a successful outcome.
Outpatient Treatment Services encompass a range of therapeutic interventions, including Individual, Family, and Group counseling/therapy. Our therapists employ nationally recognized models that are not only grounded in empirical evidence but can also be objectively evaluated. The Outpatient program provides and/or refers clients to a diverse array of services, contingent upon the individual consumer’s requirements.
These services may be delivered in various settings, such as Residential Facilities, Conventional Office Spaces, Shelters, Community Resource Centers, Correctional Facilities, Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Interactive Audio and Video Platforms, as well as Medical Behavioral Health Sites.
Intensive In-Home (IIH)
The Intensive In-Home (IIH) service is a team approach designed to address the identified needs of children and adolescents who, due to serious and chronic symptoms of an emotional, behavioral, or substance use disorder, are unable to remain stable in the community without intensive interventions. This service may only be provided to beneficiaries through age 20. This medically necessary service directly addresses the beneficiary’s mental health or substance use disorder diagnostic and clinical needs. The needs are evidenced by the presence of a diagnosable mental, behavioral, or emotional disturbance (as defined by DSM-5, or any subsequent editions of this reference material), with documentation of symptoms and effects reflected in the Comprehensive Clinical Assessment and the Person-Centered Plan (PCP). This team provides a variety of clinical rehabilitative interventions available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days per year.
This is a time-limited, intensive child and family intervention based on the clinical needs of the beneficiary. The service is intended to accomplish the following:
- Reduce presenting psychiatric or substance use disorder symptoms;
- Provide first responder intervention to diffuse the current crisis;
- Ensure linkage to community services and resources; and d. prevent out-of-home placement for the beneficiary.
IIH services are authorized for one individual child in the family. The parent or caregiver must be an active participant in the treatment. The team provides individualized services that are developed in full partnership with the family. Effective engagement, including cultural sensitivity, is essential in providing services in the family’s living environment. Services are generally more intensive at the beginning of treatment and decrease over time as the beneficiary’s skills develop.
This team service includes a variety of interventions that are available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days per year. Services are delivered by the IIH staff who maintain contact and intervene as one organizational unit. IIH services are provided through a team approach; however, discrete interventions may be delivered by any one or more team members as clinically indicated. Not all team members are required to provide direct intervention to each beneficiary on the caseload. The Team Leader must provide direct clinical interventions with each beneficiary. The team approach involves structured, scheduled therapeutic interventions to provide support and guidance across multiple functional domains including emotional, medical, and health. This service is not delivered in a group setting.
IIH services are delivered to children and adolescents, primarily in their living environments, with a family focus, and IHH services include but are not limited to the following interventions as clinically indicated:
- Individual and family therapy;
- Substance use disorder treatment interventions;
- Developing and implementing a home-based behavioral support plan with the beneficiary and the beneficiary’s caregivers;
- Psychoeducation imparts information about the beneficiary’s diagnosis, condition, and treatment to the beneficiary, family, caregivers, or other individuals involved with the beneficiary’s care;
Child and Adolescent Day Treatment Therapy (MHSA)
FOUNDATION HEALTH Day Treatment program is a structured treatment service for children or adolescents and their families that builds on strengths and addresses identified needs. This medically necessary service directly addresses the individual’s diagnostic and clinical needs, which are evidenced by the presence of a diagnosable mental, behavioral, or emotional disturbance
At FOUNDATION HEALTH, this service is designed to serve children who, as a result of their mental health or substance use disorder treatment needs, are unable to benefit from participation in academic or vocational services at a developmentally appropriate level in a traditional school or work setting.
At FOUNDATION HEALTH, we implement therapeutic interventions that are coordinated with the individual’s academic or vocational services available through enrollment in an educational setting.
It is available for children 5 through 17 years of age. Day Treatment must address the age, behavior, and developmental functioning of each individual to ensure safety, health, and appropriate treatment interventions within the program milieu.
Day Treatment provides mental health or substance use disorder interventions in the context of a therapeutic treatment milieu. This service is focused on providing clinical interventions and services to support the individual in achieving functional gains that support the individual’s integration in educational or vocational settings, are developmentally appropriate, are culturally relevant and sensitive, and are child and family-centered.
For a referral packet for our IIH program, please contact
[ ]Program at 919-XXX-XXXX.
Eligibility Criteria
Children five through 17 are eligible for this service when all of the following criteria are met:
There is a mental health and/or substance use disorder diagnosis (as defined by the DSM-5 or any subsequent editions of this reference material), other than a sole diagnosis of an intellectual or developmental disability.
For children with a substance use disorder diagnosis, the ASAM Criteria (American Society of Addiction Medicine) are met for Level 2.1.
Both of the following shall apply:
Evidence that less restrictive mental health and/or substance abuse rehabilitative services in the educational setting have been unsuccessful as evidenced by documentation from the school (e.g., Functional Behavioral Assessment, Functional Behavioral Plan, Individual Education Plan, 504 Plan, behavior plans).
The individual exhibits behavior resulting in significant school disruption or significant social withdrawal.
The individual is experiencing mental health or substance use disorder symptoms (not solely those related to his or her diagnosis of an intellectual or developmental disability) related to his or her diagnosis that severely impairs functional ability in an educational setting which may include vocational education.
There is no evidence to support that alternative interventions would be equally or more effective, based on North Carolina community practice standards (Best Practice Guidelines of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Association, American Society of Addiction Medicine).
Expected Clinical Outcomes
- Expected clinical outcomes may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Improved social, emotional, or behavioral functioning in an appropriate educational setting; Integration or reintegration into an appropriate educational or vocational setting; Reduced mental health and/or substance use disorder symptomatology;
- Improvement of behavior, anger management, or developmentally appropriate coping skills; Development or improvement of social and relational skills;
- Enhancement of communication and problem-solving skills; Increased identification and self-management of triggers, cues, and symptoms and decreased frequency or intensity of crisis episodes; Engagement in the recovery process, for children with substance use disorders,
- Reduction of negative effects of substance use disorder or psychiatric symptoms that interfere with the individual’s daily living;
- Maintaining residence with a family or community-based non-institutional setting (foster home, therapeutic family services);
- Reduction in behaviors that require juvenile justice involvement;
- Increased use of available natural and social supports.
Substance Abuse Intensive Outpatient Program (SAIOP) for Adolescents
FOUNDATION HEALTH provides a Substance Abuse Intensive Outpatient Program (SAIOP) through structured individual and group addiction activities and services designed to assist adolescents in beginning recovery and learning skills for recovery maintenance. Our SAIOP for Adolescents is offered at least 3 hours a day, at least 3 days a week, with no more than 2 consecutive days between offered services (ASAM Level 2.1).
FOUNDATION HEALTH SAIOP services include but are not limited to, the following services:
- Individual counseling and support;
- Group counseling and support;
- Family counseling, training, or support;
- Biochemical assays to identify recent drug use (e.g. urine drug screens);
- Strategies for relapse prevention to include community and social support systems in treatment;
- Life skills;
- Crisis contingency planning;
- Disease Management; and
- Treatment support activities that have been adapted or specifically designed for individuals with physical disabilities; individuals with co-occurring disorders of mental illness and substance use; or an intellectual and developmental disability and substance use disorder
Eligibility Criteria
The individual is eligible for this service when ALL of the following criteria are met:
There is a substance use disorder diagnosis present;
The individual meets ASAM Level 2.1 criteria.
Expected Outcome
The SAIOP Participants are expected to:
- Learn about the dynamics of their Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health problems
- Develop therapeutic relationships with others in the group
- Receive support from group members through helping relationships
- Engage psychoeducation and group discussions on a wide range of topics related to recovery
- Increase their awareness of their condition and engage in self-reevaluation
- Gain social liberating skills that will lead to an increase in alternative non-problematic behaviors
- Become clear on your values and move your feet in that direction.
- Learn and practice skills to cope with difficult or maladaptive thoughts, feelings, and sensations
- Develop an actionable relapse prevention plan
- Link participants to resources and assistance available in the community.
Contact Info
USA Office
3366 US Hwy 1
Franklinton NC 27525
Telephone:
E: info@foundationhealthnc.com