Children’s Services
Child and Adolescent Services System Program
The Child and Adolescent Service System Program, also known as CASSP, is a comprehensive system of care for youth with serious emotional disturbance and/or substance use disorders. CASSP is a voluntary free service that is available to any youth in Lycoming or Clinton Counties. This program holds “CASSP Meetings” with mental health providers, school districts, MH/ID, Juvenile Probation, Drug and Alcohol, Children and Youth Services, and the Managed Care Organization. CASSP Meetings bring together professionals from child-servicing agencies in order to empower families, prevent higher levels of care, identify community resources, collaborate, and overcome barriers.
For more information, please refer to the CASSP Brochure, the CASSP Referral Packet, or contact the CASSP Coordinator.
CASSP Brochure CASSP Referral Packet
Kyle Galer, CASSP Coordinator
Cell: (570) 560 - 1518 Fax: (570) 326 - 1348
Lycoming County Phone: (570) 601 - 9241
Clinton County Phone: (570) 748 - 2262
Email: kgaler@joinder.org
Behavioral Health Services available to HealthChoices members include:
Behavioral Health Services
Psychiatric Outpatient.
These are clinic based services provided by a therapist, psychologist or psychiatrist. Services can be delivered individually, or in a group.
Targeted Case Management (Intensive Case Management and Resource Coordination). This service provides a mental health case manager that completes an assessment and develops a plan to help the child and family access services, obtain benefits and develop natural supports.
Behavioral Health Rehabilitation for Children and Adolescents (BHRS). There are several kinds of BHRS with the most frequently known ones being, Mobile Therapy (MT), Behavioral Specialist Consultant (BSC), and Therapeutic Staff Support (TSS). These are community based services whose goal is to help families and other people important to the child learn the skills to work with the child more effectively. (Formerly wrap around services).
Family-Based Mental Health Services. These are team delivered services who focus on the needs of the child and family. The team focus is on delivering family and individual therapy, as well as assisting the family with basic needs.
Partial Hospitalization. These are intensive clinical services that provide group, individual and family counselling, and psychiatric services. Individuals would receive several hours of clinical work in any given day. The length of treatment could be several days, to several months.
Residential Treatment Facility. This is a service for people under 21 years old. In this service the member lives at the facility while the treatment is being received. This service provides intensive individual, family and group therapy with the goal for the child to move back with the family or to step down to other community based services.
Crisis Intervention Services. These services members can use any time of the day or night to help them in a crisis. These services keep the member safe and treat the problem until the problem has passed.
Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital. This is overnight care in a hospital. This service is used if your problem cannot be treated outside the hospital to provide stabilization.
Evidence-Based Mental Health Services
Multisystemic Therapy (MST)
An evidenced based intensive family and community based treatment program for youth with emotional and behavioral disturbances and often targeted to juvenile offenders.
Parent Child Interactive Therapy (PCIT)
PCIT is an evidence-based therapy which is structured into 12-20 weekly sessions that focus on Child-Directed Interaction and Parent-Directed Interaction. This process works with the parents of children ages 2.5 to 7 years who exhibit challenging behaviors.
Peer Support for Youth and Young Adult
Peer support is provided by trained youth peer support specialists, one-on-one or in a group, for youth ages 14-25. Peers help youth and young adult develop skills to improve their overall functioning, and provide support during transition to adulthood.
Substance Use Disorder Services
Outpatient Drug and Alcohol Services. These are clinic based services provided by a therapist or Doctor.
Non-Hospital Drug & Alcohol Residential and Rehabilitation. These services help the member stop using drugs and alcohol. These services are not done in a hospital, but are provided in a community based site that requires the person to stay at the facility.
If you or a loved one is experiencing a mental health, behavioral heath or substance abuse crisis, call us immediately.
We provide crisis intervention services and stand ready to help you day or night.