WHAT IF MY CHILD OR ADOLESCENT NEEDS HELP?
Child Services InterAgency Team Meetings Teens Only Family Service
* If your child has emotional, behavioral or substance abuse problems (problems with drugs or alcohol), CBH will work with you to arrange the services your child needs.* CBH has special child and family workers who will set up evaluations and treatment. If there is someone you want your child to see for help, CBH will, if at all possible, give the okay for you to do so.
* In some cases, you will meet with a team of agency workers to plan together the services your child may need. This is called an Interagency Team Meeting.
* Your child - when appropriate - and others you may wish to include are also part of the team.
* CBH can help set up, if necessary, services in a child's own home, school or community. These services are sometimes called "wraparound" (Rehabilitation Services).
* If you are interested in wraparound services, let us know, or talk to the agency where your child gets treatment. CBH will explain decisions about wraparound services and your child.
* If your child has a diagnosis of mental retardation and needs a behavioral health service, he or she can get behavioral health services, including wraparound services.
* If your child is under 14, you must give your permission (say it is okay) for mental health treatment.
* If your child is at least 14 years old, he or she must give permission for any mental health treatment. He or she can receive treatment without your permission. The treatment provider will work hard to include you in all parts of the treatment.
* Children and teenagers do not need their family's permission to get substance abuse treatment. The treatment provider will work hard to help children tell their families about the care and to include them in the planning and treatment.
* If your child is being served by DHS ( Department of Human Services), contact your DHS worker or child's Probation Officer, to set up care. Or you may call CBH directly and CBH will contact DHS or the Probation Officer.
* If you have a complaint, please follow the steps listed in the Complaints and Grievances section of this Web Site.
* If services are denied, CBH must send you a letter to let you know. If you are unhappy with the response, you can file a grievance with CBH and / or ask for a DPW fair hearing.
* The Behavioral Health System provides Mental Health and Substance Abuse services for children and teenagers too.
