Screening:  Gathering triage information to determine the need for an in-depth assessment (either face-to-face or telephone)
Assessment:  Face-to-face interview to obtain relevant historical, social, functional, psychiatric, developmental, academic and other information sufficient to determine priority population diagnostic eligibility and treatment needs.

Case Coordination:  Assisting in a child’s access to resources and services as needed and coordination between the child and family of the child’s treatment as appropriate.  This includes continuity of services to include discharge planning activities.
Service Coordination:  This includes but is not limited to:
     Crisis Prevention & Management:  Locating and coordinating emergency services.
     Monitoring:  Ensuring the effectiveness of services and need for additional or different services.
     Screening/Assessment:  Obtaining child and family identifying information  and the nature of the presenting problem as well as the service and support needs of the child and family.
     Service Planning & Coordination:  Identifying and arranging for the delivery of services and supports that address the child’s needs and desires as indicated by the child and family or legally authorized representative.

Outpatient Services to include:
     Treatment Planning
     Respite Services

Treatment Planning:  Activities to determine clinically necessary, prioritized, comprehensive, collaborative and measurable treatment and supports that reflects the needs and preferences of the child and family and builds on his/her strengths.
Respite Services:  Services provided for a temporary, short-term, periodic relief of the primary caregivers.  Program-based services are provided at temporary residential placement outside the child’s usual living situation.  Community based respite services are provided by staff at the child’s usual living situation.  Respite includes planned and crisis respite services.

Medication-Related Services
     Medication Administration
     Medication Monitoring
     Medication Training
     Pharmacological Mgmt.
     Provision of Medication

Medication Administration:  A service provided to ensure the direct application of a medication, to a child’s body, by a properly trained person working under the supervision of a physician or registered nurse.
Medication Monitoring:  Provided for the child by a properly trained person under the direct supervision of a physician or registered nurse, to assess medication actions, target symptoms, side effects and adverse effects, potential toxicity and the impact of medication for the child and family in accordance with the child’s plan of care.
Medication Training:  The knowledge and skills needed to properly administer and monitor prescribed medication in accordance with the child’s plan of care is provided by a trained person under the direct supervision of a physician or registered nurse.
Pharmacological Management:  Determination of symptom remission and medication regimen needed to initiate and/or maintain the child’s plan of care; this is provided by a physician.
Provision of Medication:  Ensuring the provision of psychoactive medication to consumers who have no other source of funds for such and as prescribed by authorized Center staff.

Acute Services
     Intensive Crisis Residential
     In-patient Services

Intensive Crisis Residential:  24-hour,usually short term residential services provided to children who are demonstrating a psychiatric crisis that cannot be stabilized in a less restrictive setting.
Inpatient Services:  Hospital services staff with medical and nursing professionals who provide 24-hour monitoring, supervision and assistance in an environment designed to provide safety and security during acute psychiatric crisis.