Community-Based Educational and Mental Health Programs
for Children and Adolescents
Astor operates many community-based educational and mental health programs
at clinics throughout the New York State Mid-Hudson Valley region and the Bronx, NY. For children and
adolescents with moderate to severe behavioral health problems, our clinics
provide a range of counseling, treatment, and education services.
Astor's outpatient behavioral health centers and day treatment programs are
licensed by the New York State Office of Mental Health and function as part of
the state's Comprehensive Outpatient Services System (COPS). As a COPS
provider, our centers provide priority access to seriously emotionally disturbed
children and adolescents, and offer a planned combination of evidence-based
clinic treatment services.
Astor's Child And Family Clinic Plus Program
Astor has been selected by the New York State Office of Mental Health to implement
its newest initiative, the "Child And Family Clinic Plus" program, in
the Mid-Hudson Valley and the Bronx. More
information about this initiative can be found here:
Child And Family Clinic Plus Website.
Clinic and Day Treatment Services
Clinic and day treatment services are provided by members of Astor's licensed
professional staff. In day treatment, educational services are provided by
teachers who are licensed at special education.
Family participation in both treatment planning and the treatment process is
important. Astor focuses on each family's strengths in order to develop and
implement an individualized treatment plan. Steps are identified which will help
strengthen each family's ability to reach the goals of the plan, and use
treatment, counseling and special education services for positive outcomes.
Astor's clinic treatment centers provide services during the day, as well as
after school and in the evening.
Day treatment is a combined program of clinic treatment and education
services. Children and adolescents who can not attend their regular schools due
to behavioral health issues attend this program each day, and receive education
services that follow a curriculum approved by the New York State
Education Department. When children and adolescents graduate from day treatment,
they can re-enter public school and transition to their appropriate school
placement.
Learn more about:
Our locations and who we serve
Who We Serve
Astor's community based services are available to emotionally disturbed
children and adolescents up to 18 years of age, or 21 if still in school and
living at home and with their families, without regard to race, gender,
income, national origin, sexual orientation, or religion.
Locations
Dutchess County: – Astor has counseling centers throughout
Dutchess County, NY, including Poughkeepsie, Beacon and Red Hook. Satellites of
these clinics are located in Wappingers Falls, Millbrook and Wassaic.
To inquire about Astor's Dutchess Co.
community-based services,
call the Dutchess County Help Line number:
(845) 485-9700
-or-
Toll Free: (877) 485-9700
Bronx County: – The main administrative site for Astor's
behavioral health programs in the Bronx, NY is located at:
750 Tilden Street
Bronx, NY 10467
Phone: 718-231-3400
Calls can also be made directly to Astor's behavioral health program located
in the Highbridge section of the Bronx. Phone: 718-732-7080.
Need More Information?
If you need more information about these programs, you can click here for our
CONTACT PAGE
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Additional community-based programs
Additional Community-Based Mental Health and Prevention Programs for Children and Adolescents
Astor provides a range of additional community-based services which are
designed to support children at home and in the community, and families at risk
of having their children removed from the home. These services include early
intervention, assessment, advocacy, counseling, referral, and case management,
and are provided in the home as well as in select schools where Astor has
contracts to provide such services.
Dutchess County
In Dutchess County Astor provides the following services:
- Home-Based Crisis Intervention
- Intensive Case Management
- Supportive Case Management
- Case Management
- Mobile Crisis Services
- Vocational Case Management
- PINS Outreach
- Family Preservation Program
- Coordinated Children's Services
- Single Point of Access
- Home & Community Based Waiver Program
Bronx County
In Bronx County Astor operates a prevention program that is funded by the
Administration for Children's Services. Astor Family Services is located in the
Williamsbridge section and serves children and families living in Community
Districts 10, 11 and 12. Priority is given to serving families where there is
high risk for child abuse and neglect, or placement out of the home.
The preventive program is located at:
750 Tilden Street
Bronx, NY 10467
Phone: 718-231-3400
Need More Information?
If you need more information about these programs, you can click here for our
CONTACT PAGE
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notes on the artwork in this section
The artwork in this section is part of a brilliantly colored fused glass
sculpture, created by the children of The Astor Home as part of an art therapy
project under the creative direction of Kathleen Gavin, LCAT
(Licensed Creative Arts Therapist).
It is based on the book "My Many Colored Days" written by Dr. Seuss and
illustrated by Lou Fancher and Steve Johnson.
Many thanks to the illustrators for their permission to use the images
of the fused glass on this website!
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