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The WATCH Program is one of several programs within the Community Child
Guidance Clinic which provide home-based therapeutic services to families.
Community-based services, individualized planning, flexible funding and
intensive case management are components of the WATCH Program.
The primary goal of the WATCH Program is to maintain children in their
homes and communities. All referrals come through the Department of
Children and Families and all families referred must be DCF involved.
Services:
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Assessment. |
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Goal-focused family therapy in the home. |
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Crisis intervention and 24-hour crisis
response. |
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Intensive case management including
consulting with schools, community agencies and other professionals,
accessing resources and coordinating services. |
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Child-specific team meetings
with family members and professionals. |
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Parent education and support. |
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Goal-focused, therapeutic mentoring of
children and adolescents. |
Professional Staff
Watch Workers
The Watch Workers are clinical social workers with training and experience
in providing home-based services, conducting psychiatric evaluations and
treating families.
Watch
Mentors:
The Watch mentors have extensive training and experience working with
children and adolescents. |
For more information contact:
Home-Based Services Coordinator,
at (860) 643-2101.
Sandy Johnson, LCSW
sj@ccgcinc.org
or
The Department of Children and Families |