Wraparound Program

CSI's Wraparound program provides quality culturally sensitive services to children and their families. The services are a collaborative approach with an individualized focus to maintaining the child in the home and the community whenever possible. The Wraparound services embrace the Child and Adolescent Service System Program (CASSP) principles as a guide to service delivery. These principles are: child-centered, family-focused, community based, multi-system, culturally competent, and least restrictive / least intrusive.

CSI became licensed, as an outpatient mental health clinic in 1996 to address the growing needs of children and families. In the fall of 1997 CSI was approved by Community Behavioral Health (CBH) to provide behavioral health outpatient services to Philadelphia residents. The wraparound component was added in 1998.

GOALS

The Behavioral Health practitioners provide services designed to enhance the emotional well being of children, adolescents and their families.

Goals may include:

• Fostering the emotional equilibrium of individuals, families and their
  inter-relationships
• Reducing crisis-oriented or maladaptive behavior
• Ameliorating loss and grief issues
• Lessening the personal impact of traumatic events
• Teaching healthy responses to psychological and physical stressors
• Alleviating anxiety, depression and anger management problems
• Fostering learning, self-improvement and self-actualization
• Maximizing work productivity
• Teaching conflict resolution and realistic and efficient problem-solving
• Counseling around personal skill building and rehabilitation needs
• Screening for mental disability applications
• Assessing mental health risks and level of care needs

REFFERAL

The parent or legal guardian initiates a referral to the program. To make a referral call 215-546-3503 for an appointment with the Behavioral Health Department.

INTAKE

During the intake process, information is collected to assist with a recommendation for the most appropriate service component. If the recommendation is for wraparound services, a follow-up appointment with the psychologist or psychiatrist is necessary to develop a prescription for services.

CLINICAL TEAM

Assignment of the clinical team is based on the service authorization received from Community Behavioral Health (CBH). Clinical team members are Behavioral Specialist Consultant (BSC), Mobile Therapist (MT), and Therapeutic Support Staff (TSS).

All wraparound clinical team members are experienced and credentialed in accordance with the standards set by Community Behavioral Health and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

OFFICE HOURS

Monday through Thursday 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Friday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
(215) 546-3503