Alternative Interventions Family Services serves males and females, between 5 & 21 years of age at time of referral. Youth must be able to cognitively process verbal communication (70+ IQ; if IQ is lower than 70 several other factors will review for admission like current grade level, social functioning and school behaviors). Youth must be able to attend day school setting or enrolled in a GED or vocational training program. In addition youth need to meet one or more of the following criteria:

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Youth are appropriate for intensive in-home counseling services when one or more of the following criteria are met:

•He/she is active with a social worker, probation officer or counselor where the parent or legal guardian is actively seeking alternate out of home placement.

•Children and adolescents returning to the community or home setting from residential placement.

•Adolescents who may display a number of acting-out behaviors such as physical aggression, noncompliance with authority, social skills difficulties, and other significant behavior problems and has received a recommendation from an authority figure (i.e. juvenile justice, DSS, CSB, or DOE) for out-of-home placement

•Within the past two-weeks displayed behaviors that have put the child or others at immediate risk of physical injury.

•Suffer from DSM IV DX, Psychological and anxiety disorders

•Has a history of failed services within the past 30 days from one of the following:

-Crisis Intervention

-Crisis Stabilization

-Outpatient Psychotherapy

-Outpatient Substance Abuse Services

-Mental Health Support (older adolescent)

•Received a recommendation for IIH by treatment team/FAPT team

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Only such youth where the intensive services have been assessed as a safe alternative to placement are accepted for Intensive In-home Services

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Youth with the following characteristics are not appropriate for our agency's services:

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•Actively suicidal or homicidal

•EMR as primary area of educational disability

•Severely and profoundly retarded

•Actively experiencing visual and/or auditory hallucinations when on medication or are so disoriented in thought processes that they present a safety hazard to themselves or others

•Persistent assaultive behaviors when on medication

•Medically restricted, i.e. insulin dependent

•In need of detoxification for being chemically dependent on drugs, alcohol or other substances

•Children and adolescents with sexual offense convictions or charges