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Many families do not feel prepared when a child has a serious mental health disorder. Once the initial impact wears off, there are many questions: What do we do now? Where can I go for help?
At Rosecrance, we help these children and adolescents deal with their challenges and develop the necessary skills to prepare for a life beyond treatment. We focus on assessment, treatment and recovery while also supporting parents and other family members with compassion, inclusion in the process and reason for real hope. We do this by providing the most advanced, comprehensive diagnosis and treatment for young people’s mental health disorders.
Our staff includes board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrists and a full range of substance abuse and mental health professionals who specialize in — and have a passion for — treating young people. Rosecrance services for children and adolescents and their families are based on medical evidence and delivered in a child-friendly environment. Physician services and medication management are part of every program provided at our Rosecrance Ware Center as well as our short-term residential program at the Rosecrance Griffin Williamson Campus.
Assessment for Rosecrance services
Our comprehensive services for children and youth begin with a screening process. We evaluate each child’s needs in depth and provide a diagnosis and recommendation for care. In addition to giving parents and guardians a full explanation of the child’s needs, we explain the benefits of their active involvement in treatment, recovery and purposeful life. For needed services not offered at Rosecrance, we’ll make referrals to other agencies, because our commitment is to the child’s well-being and realization of his or her full potential.
Our Children and Family Therapy Program has four options
The Rosecrance Children and Family Therapy Program provides individual and family counseling and advocacy. The program includes four evidence-based practices:
- Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Counseling takes place at Rosecrance Ware Center and can be scheduled voluntarily or for court-ordered individuals. The most frequent diagnoses in the Children and Family Therapy Program are ADHD, behavioral disorders, bi-polar disorder and depression.
Residential Mental Health Treatment provides teens with the support they need
Sometimes, teens benefit from a more intensive treatment program. That’s why we provide residential care for mental health disorders at our Rosecrance Griffin Williamson Campus. The short-term residential treatment program allows for highly individualized care tailored for your child’s needs.
Your teen will stay in a therapeutic environment with a team of experts who specialize in adolescent mental health disorders. Adolescents continue their school curriculum throughout the program and attend individual and group therapies, including art, music and recreational therapies. Rosecrance gives children and teens the tools they need to face the challenges ahead, as well as healthy coping skills to carry with them into recovery.
This therapeutic mentoring program teaches life skills to children, including social skills, self-esteem, boundaries and coping. The program is five hours per week and lasts up to six months. Typically, children are referred by their Rosecrance Ware Center counselor.
Mobile Crisis Response: Offering immediate treatment
Call the CARES line at 800.345.9049 to access mobile crisis response (MCR).
This is a dispatch service through the state of Illinois to initiate screenings for individuals with Medicaid experiencing a mental health crisis, with the goal of stabilizing them in community settings or determining the appropriate referral.
Mental Health Juvenile Justice Initiative serves youth both in and out of custody
The Rosecrance Mental Health Juvenile Justice Initiative program serves youth with severe mental illness who are in detention or who recently were in custody at an Illinois juvenile detention center. Youth also may be on home detention or electronic monitoring.
Program case managers advocate for these youth within the legal system, working on their behalf to prevent further incarceration. Youth are linked with appropriate community services. The age range of individuals in this program is 10 to 17 years.
Partnering to provide School-Linked Services
This program provides child and family therapy in the school setting or at home. The program is a collaboration with Rockford Public Schools and the Winnebago County Health Department. School-linked sites include:
- Blackhawk Health Center (across from Beyer School)
- Head Start
- Fresh Start
- Dennis Early Education Center
We also offer this program at the Fairview, Beyer, Lathrop, Nelson, King, Kishwaukee, Washington and Haskell schools. Grade range is kindergarten to fifth grade. We also offer these services at the Rosecrance Ware Center beginning at grade six.
Spanish Services
A quienes servimos:
- Niños que hablan español entre los 10 y 18 años de edad y sus familias.
- Niños que han experimentado una crisis psiquiátrica o necesitan un nivel más intensivo de cuidados y tienen problemas funcionamiento en más de un área de su vida (escuela, hogar, comunidad).
Duración de la estancia en nuestro programa:
- La duración de estancia en este programa es de hasta 6 meses. Despues de los
primeros 6 meses, se lleva a cabo una revisión del progreso del adolecente y puede ser dado de baja en los servicsions o el cliente va a ser trasferido a un nivel de servisios menos intensivos.
Our Supportive Care Program helps youth on the waiting list
We do everything possible to provide treatment to your child or teen quickly. However, waiting periods can occur.
Services offered through the Supportive Care Program include:
- Brief intervention services for a child’s or teen’s behavior or mood that does not require emergency room attention.
- A screening session with a mental health professional. The family will then be connected with resources to help until the child or teen can receive treatment at Rosecrance Berry Campus.
For more information, please call 866.330.8729.