Youth Support Services Overview
Burrell's youth support services provide community-based services for kids and families with serious emotional disturbances and mental health disorders. We partner with youth, families and various community agencies involved in the family’s life to identify and build on the youth and family’s strengths and supports.
We also provide evidence-based interventions, skill-building, access to and coordination with community resources, education about mental health symptoms and treatment, and crisis prevention, response and post-vention. Meetings focus on an individualized plan to address identified needs and connect you to community resources available for your family.
It is easy to feel overwhelmed by the amount of work parenting takes and the pressure we feel trying to do the right thing for our children. Add in the stress of a child who is struggling with emotional or behavioral issues and parents can feel tremendous fatigue, leaving them with even less energy to try to help manage their child’s behavior. The whole thing can become a cycle of stress.The professional staff at Burrell have years of experience working successfully with children and adolescents, and are here to help your children and family work on the issues that are leading to a stressful home life and develop healthy practices that will support your child's success at school and in the community.
Assessments
The youth community support program provides a comprehensive evaluation for youth ages 3-18 y/o who meet qualification for this program based on mental health diagnosis and health insurance status. Using a psychosocial evaluation and assessment measures, daily living activities scale and screener tools for youth ages 13+ to rate anxiety, depression, substance use and suicide risk, the team identifies specific psychosocial factors that are affecting a child’s ability to function within his/her daily routine. The youth, family and treatment team providers develop individualized recommendations for treatment and treatment goals.
Community Support
Community Support is provided by Community Support Specialists trained in mental health and behavioral disorders. Providers work with youth, caregivers and various agencies in the community to coordinate care and teach skills to help stabilize critical situations and improve daily functioning. Services occur primarily in the youth’s natural environments in the community setting. Frequency and duration of services is individualized based on intensity and need.
Family Support
Family Support Providers are professionals with lived experience raising a youth or caring for family member with a mental health diagnosis. These providers connect with caregivers to offer peer support. They help caregivers engage with the treatment process, understand and accept the diagnosis of their child and advocate for their own needs as caregivers. This service is provided for 3-6 months and in tandem with the Community Support providers and other treatment team members.
Group Services
Children, adolescents and their caregivers who qualify for community psychiatric rehabilitation services can participate in groups. These groups are facilitated by a mental health professional and can provide social skill-building, peer support, and information about various topics pertinent to youth mental health and parenting. Depending on clinic location, groups are offered at different times and for specific age groups and needs.
Healthcare Home
Community psychiatric rehabilitation services integrate mental and physical healthcare. Youth and their families can enroll in the Healthcare Home program to address physical health needs including routine healthcare, immunizations, nutrition and exercise, coordination with specialists for emerging or chronic healthcare problems and monitoring side effects of medications. To learn more about the program click here
FROM A PARENT
I dreaded walking into a public place with my daughter. Inevitably, something wouldn’t go right and there would be a tantrum in the store, in the restaurant – even at church. Thanks to your help, I’m back in control – my daughter’s back in control – and we both enjoy our outings together.
FROM A PARENT
My mother said my son was strong-willed. That’s her nice way of saying he wouldn’t listen to anything anyone had to say – not me, not his teachers, not his grandparents. If I was struggling now, I couldn’t imagine what this was going to be like as he grew into his teenage years. I knew something had to change and it had to start with me. The weeks I spent learning from you passed quickly because it was so enjoyable – and the results are just amazing.
FROM A TEEN CLIENT
We are now exercising regularly and making an effort to eat healthy by following a portion control and food groups. I haven’t felt hopeless for multiple months now; and Mom notices that I’m more happy more often. I’m able to understand what stressed me out and I respond better. Mom and I communicate better.
Get Started
Services begin with screening for eligibility. Screenings can be scheduled by phone at 417-761-5000 in southwest Missouri, 573-777-8300 in central Missouri, or through one of our Connection Centers. To find a clinic near you, click here.
Standard intake paperwork and a developmental history will be required at time of screening for eligibility. If client qualifies, same-day admission to the program may occur if youth and family are in agreement. Both the youth and their legal guardian must be present for intake. Proof of guardianship will be required guardians who are not the biological parent.