In-Home Therapy Services are a structured, consistent, strength-based therapeutic relationship between a licensed clinician and the youth and family for the purpose of treating the youth’s behavioral health needs, including improving the family’s ability to provide effective support for the youth to promote his/her healthy functioning within the family. Interventions are designed to enhance the family’s capacity to improve the youth’s functioning in the home and community and may prevent the need for the youth’s admission to an inpatient hospital, psychiatric residential treatment facility or other treatment setting.

Specific supports through In-Home Therapy include:

• Enhanced problem-solving, limit-setting, risk management/safety planning, communication to build skills to strengthen the family, advance therapeutic goals, or improve ineffective patterns of interaction
• Identifying and utilizing community resources
• Developing and maintaining natural supports for the youth and parent/caregiver(s) in order to promote sustainability for treatment gains ∼ Phone contact and consultation are provided as part of the intervention
• 24/7 telephonic support

Referrals

Primary care offices, mental health clinicians, schools, case workers, community organizations, faith leaders, parents/caregivers and families can make referrals directly to Family Continuity or through the local Community Support Agencies (CSA).

Cost

Service rates are payable under the benefit plans through any of the Managed Care Organizations for Mass Health (MBHP, BMC, Beacon Health Strategies, Network Health, or Neighborhood Health Plan). Private pay rates available.

Contact

FAMILY CONTINUITY 1.866.219.3320

Family Continuity’s Individual Youth Support Program provides innovative and supportive mentoring services to youth. Specially trained mentors are matched with children and young adults with similar skills and interests. Mentors work in close collaboration with both the youth and their parents/guardians. The purpose of the program is to help youth to develop the competencies they need for developmentally appropriate functioning in the community.

Services are strengths-based and designed to have the individual and family make decisions for treatment planning.

Program Highlights

• An assessment process driven by the youth and family, building upon their strengths, desires and needs to support the youth’s continued tenure in the community
• Engaging youth in various social and recreational activities and teaching life skills such as money management and the use of public transportation
• Assisting youth with career and educational planning
• Although mentors work with youth to reach specific concrete goals, providing the youth with time for fun and opportunities to build self-esteem
• Intervention that teaches skills and competencies that assist the youth to overcome challenges
• Assistance to the youth and family in linking to services, supports, community resources and opportunities
• Providing or arranging transportation as needed to meet goals
• Flexible scheduling

Referrals

Clients are referred by the Department of Mental Health.

Cost

There is no cost to families in this program.

Contact

FAMILY CONTINUITY

Intake Coordinator

This service is currently offered out of our Hyannis & Lawrence offices

Family Continuity’s Youth Support Groups provide youth with therapeutic support services in a small group atmosphere. The purpose of this program is to provide psycho-education and therapeutic recreation activities to groups of youth that focus on social and emotional skill building, community integration, and educational and vocational preparation. Groups are designed to provide youth with opportunities to build skills, self esteem, and confidence in their communities. These Groups are led or co-facilitated by caring adults who are trained and supervised to facilitate growth and development in all group participants.

Examples of Youth Support Groups & Topics

• Activity Groups 
• Psycho-Educational Groups
• Conflict Resolution
• Anger Management
• Understanding Appropriate Boundaries
• Developing Positive Self-Image
• Developing Community Living Skills
• Bullying
• Substance Abuse
• Healthy Connections Group
• Groups with siblings and family members

Snacks are provided.

Referrals

Clients are referred by the Department of Mental Health.

Cost

There is no cost to families in this program.

Contact

FAMILY CONTINUITY 

Intake Coordinator

This service is currently offered out of our Hyannis & Lawrence offices

Offered out of our Lawrence and Hyannis offices, Family Continuity’s Family Systems Intervention Program provides flexible services to children and young adults with mental illness and their families. Our diverse outreach program has varying levels of intensity that provide different kinds of support. The purpose of the program is to help families and youth develop the skills and supports they need to promote family cohesion, successful community living and to improve their overall quality of life. Services are provided in the family’s home or in the community and individualized to each family’s needs.

Specific Services Offered

• In home or in the community services provided by experienced Master’s Level mental health clinician and/or paraprofessional
• Family driven assessment process that builds on family’s strengths, desires and needs to support the youth’s continued tenure in the community
• Psycho education about mental illness and diagnosis
• Family treatment and support intervention that teaches skills and competencies to assist the youth and family to overcome challenges
• LInk youth and family to community supports, resources and opportunties
• Care coordination with schools, service providers and entities that provide support
• Provide or arrange transportation as needed to meet goals

The number of hours spent with a family is expected to increase in time of crisis to prevent hospitalization and to wane as the family acquires resources to resolve issues on its own.

Referrals

Clients are referred by the Department of Mental Health.

Cost

There is no cost to families in this program.

Contact

FAMILY CONTINUITY - Lawrence

Intake Coordinator

This service is currently offered out of our Hyannis & Lawrence offices