Tykes and Teens

Outpatient and school-based services - Tykes & Teens' full range of evidence-based general mental health services and programming for children and families includes individual, family, and group therapy. Counseling helps children and families cope with a full spectrum of issues such as sexual abuse, domestic violence, bullying, school suspension, substance use and abuse, suicide, and more. Services are provided at five offices, martin, okeechobee and indian river county schools and childcare centers throughout the treasure coast.

Prevention services / infant mental health - Tykes & Teens' prevention services programming has provided more than 500 community events for adolescents and parents to prevent substance abuse, bullying, dating violence, suicide, and other dangerous behaviors among youth, and administers prevention and social emotional learning curriculum in schools. Program goals are raising community awareness to remove the stigma and shame often associated with seeking mental health treatment, engaging youth in fun, safe, and healthy acitivities, and providing free educational events for parents and youth. Infant mental health is an evidence-based program for children from birth to age 5, typically done in the child's home or childcare centers. The primary goal is to support and strengthen the relationship between a child and his/her parent or caregiver as a vehicle for restoring the child's sense of safety, attachment, and appropriate effect, paving the way for long-term holistic success.