File #: 10-0533    Version: 1
Type: Agenda Item Status: Presentation
File created: 5/17/2010 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 5/25/2010 Final action: 5/25/2010
Title: Neda West, Health Services Department Director, presenting Mental Health Children's Services.
Attachments: 1. Mental Health Division - Services for Children (2010), 2. Mental Health Division - Services for Children (2010)
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Neda West, Health Services Department Director, presenting Mental Health Children's Services.
 
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The Mental Health Division provides a range of services for children in the County of El Dorado who have serious mental health needs.  Services include psychiatric emergency response, individual, family and group therapy, evidence based treatment models and curricula, and other interventions.  Programs and services are offered in a variety of settings and in collaboration with partnering community and county agencies, including schools, law enforcement, probation officers, mental health and alcohol / drug treatment providers, and others.