The C&E Program is designed to prioritize prevention and early intervention services for children who exhibit behavioral problems that interfere with their learning process at school.  The program is also designed to strengthen the family’s ability to cope with the overwhelming stressors associated with the child’s behavior through the provision of direct services and connections with community resources. 

Service delivery is provided through a team approach that includes the parent, child, the C & E worker, teacher and school counselor.  The team works together to develop a family-focused treatment plan that is centered on the child’s and family’s strengths and needs.  The treatment plan is reviewed monthly and adjusted to compensate for changes in the family’s situation and child’s behavior. 

C & E workers coordinate all functions on behalf of each child/family to ensure that all human services and community resources are accessed in a consistent and integrated manner.

The C & E Program collaborates with 8 public elementary schools within the Benjamin Franklin Cluster, Community Family Centers, and the Philadelphia Office of Mental Health to facilitate the development of a comprehensive plan, and to build the necessary linkages within the north Philadelphia community to assure that a continuum of school-linked behavioral health services are provided.

C & E services include:

case management services, including a psycho-social assessment, monthly home visits, and visits to clinical and community services which are utilized by clients, crisis intervention services for clients and their families, classroom workshops for age-appropriate children that address such issues as conflict resolution, anger management, peer pressure, appreciation others’ differences, interactive communication, relationship building, decision making skills, stress management, and the effects and damages of drug, alcohol abuse and HIV/AIDS.

Consultation services, including bi-monthly, specialized, parent/caretaker support groups to help parents effectively cope with their child’s behavioral health needs, both preventively and for those who have children with active needs.

Contact:
Ann Thorpe,
Director,
Behavioral Health Unit,
215-236-9911ext. 1354