River Oak Center for Children

Integrated Therapeutic Services aims to provide resources to youth and their families in the systems in which they live. Ideally, this facilitates the child's ability to function effectively at home, at school, and in the community. A wide range of intervention services, including several nationally recognized evidence-based programs, are utilized to create an individualized treatment plan to meet the needs of each youth. Our successful array includes Multi-Systemic Therapy, Therapeutic Behavioral Service, Functional Family Therapy, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Incredible Years, Parent Child Interaction Therapy, Transition to Independence Process, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Teaching Pro-Social Skills. For the period ended June 30, 2023, 1,292 clients were actively receiving services.

Family Support and Community Education provides services and activities that educate, develop skills and connect families to community resources. The Birth and Beyond Family Resource Center offers on-site services and community based, such as school readiness, crisis intervention and home visitation along with hosting the Nurturing Parenting Program. The Nurturing Parenting Program utilizes a Home Visitor model to deliver the evidence based curriculum focused on child development, empathy, discipline and empowerment. Early Head Start Home Educators tailor services to address the child's cognitive language and social-emotional development. For the period ended June 30, 2023, 463 clients were actively receiving services.

Intensive Community Based Services utilize 2 programs to serve youth and their families, specifically those with more immediate and focused needs, in order to maintain the least restrictive placements. Wraparound works with the family and community to return or maintain a child in a long-term home placement with their biological families, foster care or kinship care. Juvenile Justice Diversion and Treatment Program addresses the needs of youth with mental health symptoms and/or behaviors and involvement in the juvenile justice system with the goal of supporting the youth in completing terms of probation as well as reduce risk of re-offending. For the period ended June 30, 2023, 360 clients were actively receiving services.