Childrens Center of Hamden

Childrens Center of Hamden

Services:
License/Certification/Accreditation
• State department of health
• The Joint Commission

External Opioid Medications Source

• No formal relationship with prescribing entity

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for mental disorders
• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Outreach to persons in the community
• Screening for substance use
• Screening for tobacco use
• Comprehensive mental health assessment

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking permitted in designated area

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support

Treatment Approaches

• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Substance use disorder counseling
• Trauma-related counseling
• Anger management
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Relapse prevention
• Motivational interviewing

Type of Care

• Substance use treatment
• Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children

Payment Assistance Available

• Payment assistance (check with facility for details)
• Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Private health insurance
• Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
• Medicaid
• Cash or self-payment

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere

Testing

• Drug or alcohol urine screening

Transitional Services

• Discharge Planning
• Naloxone and overdose education
• Aftercare/continuing care

Education and Counseling Services

• Substance use disorder education
• Group counseling
• Family counseling
• Individual counseling

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Adults
• Children/Adolescents

Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public)

• Private non-profit organization

Pharmacotherapies

• Medication for mental disorders

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping permitted in designated area

Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)

• Intensive outpatient treatment
• Outpatient
• Regular outpatient treatment

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Adolescents
• Young adults

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• No formal relationship with prescribing entity

Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male

Ancillary Services

• Suicide prevention services
• Case management service
• Transportation assistance
• Mental health services