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Centra Community-Based Programs

community_programsCentra Community-Based Programs include Intensive In-Home Services and Therapeutic Day Treatment (after-school treatment for students). Centra Therapeutic Day Treatment is currently available for students attending Rivermont School in Lynchburg.

Centra Intensive In-Home Services

Services are currently offered in Lynchburg, Roanoke, Lexington and surrounding counties. We serve children between the ages of 4 to 18 with:

  • Emotional and behavioral challenges which put them at risk of removal from their homes.
  • Difficulty in maintaining healthy personal relationships, resulting in conflicts with those around them.
  • Previous interventions through the schools, judicial system, residential treatment, hospitals or other mental health providers.
  • Diagnoses of, but not limited to, attention deficit disorder (ADD), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, depression, conduct disorder, schizophrenia, autism spectrum disorders and attachment issues.

 

"Centra offers intensive in-home services to children," by Carla Warner, LCSW, Coordinator of Centra Community-Based Programs, from Mental Health Matters, February 2009.

IIHS_brochure_lgCentra In-Home Services include:

  • Comprehensive family assessments.
  • Crisis counseling.
  • Individual and family counseling.
  • Communication skills.
  • Case management.
  • 24-hour emergency response.
  • Individualized, strengths-based treatment plans.
  • Medication management by our child psychiatrists.

To download or print a program brochure, please click here or on the image to the right.

Our Treatment Team

Our team of experienced, caring professionals includes mental health counselors, clinical social workers and child/adolescent psychiatrists. Team members receive extensive training and consistent clinical supervision. Clients admitted to Centra In-Home Services benefit from a direct link to Centra's other mental health services, including medication management by child/adolescent psychiatrists during and after services as well as direct admission for crisis stabilization to Centra Child & Adolescent Acute Psychiatric Program at Centra Virginia Baptist Hospital.

Core Values

  • We believe in family, child and youth-centered services.
  • We believe that children do best when raised in families.
  • We believe that natural resources are valuable to families.
  • We believe in building on the strengths of children and their families.
  • We believe in gender, cultural and age-responsive treatment.
  • We believe that families are best served when there is collaboration among involved professionals.
  • We believe that all children and families deserve to receive the best care every time.
  • We believe that our employees are our most valuable asset.

Funding and Licensing

Our services are funded through Medicaid, CSA and other sources. We are licensed by the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS).

Contact Information for Centra Community-Based Programs

For more information, please contact Carla Warner, LCSW, Coordinator of Centra Community-Based Programs, at 540.525.8447.

For Lynchburg and surrounding counties, please contact Melissa Buick at 434.444.5865.
For Lexington, please contact Teresa Kennedy at 540.588.9648.
For Roanoke, please contact Carla Warner at 540.525.8447.

How To Refer

To make a referral, please call Centra Mental Health Intake & Resource Center at 434.200.4444 or toll free at 800.947.5442.