What We Believe About Providing Crisis Services

• People who develop challenging behavior or behavioral problems need an immediate response from concerned and caring staff.
• The goal of crisis services needs to be effective stabilization of the person’s behavior through assistive strategies and to provide other supports to caregivers. Crisis interventions should be as minimal and as least intrusive as are necessary to stabilize the individual.

What Crisis Services We Provide

In-Home Crisis Intervention

Provides individuals and their caregivers with short-term, intensive assistance for periods of two to three hours. The crisis plan developed by the intervention specialist is designed to allow the individual to work through the current stressors. The aim of the crisis intervention plan is to initiate strategies that will decrease the severity and frequency of crisis episodes.

Crisis Respite (In-home)

Supports individuals in crisis to remain in his/her home as an alternative to psychiatric hospitalization or other placement while supportive interventions are instituted. This assistance is founded on the belief that disruptive behavior need not be compounded by disrupting the individual’s setting. The intervention specialist develops a crisis plan that focuses on assistance with anything in the person’s daily living routine or environment that is escalating behavior.

Crisis Respite (Out of Home)

Supports individuals in crisis to remain out of the hospital while changing their current environment. This service recognizes that there are times when individuals who live alone may need to be supported and reassured by people who are readily available to them. Furthermore, there are times when those who live in a family setting or with others, find themselves negatively influenced by the group dynamics. They may benefit from time away from this situation while they work on developing coping skills for re-entry. This respite occurs in licensed homes with trained crisis intervention specialists. It is available for periods of up to thirty (30) days.