Additional Programs
Additional Programs
We listen to each family's story and provide assistance in a way that is meaningful. This is why each child and family unit receives respect at BAMSI Kids. BAMSI offers families the individualized support they need to learn, grow, and succeed based on their strengths.
By listening to each family’s story and understanding their needs, BAMSI can tailor the support they provide to meet their needs. This allows families to feel heard and respected, giving them the best chance of achieving their goals.
From birth through adulthood, BAMSI Kids provides integrated services that address the physical, emotional, intellectual, and social needs of children. Through BAMSI’s wraparound process, each family receives individualized care and receives nutritional assistance and parent support.
“Our compassionate, supportive and knowledgeable team are the key to destigmatizing perceptions and misunderstandings around psychosis. Instilling hope in our youth and families that you can recover and live a thriving, healthy life even after a psychotic episode is crucial in our work. We want them to know that they are capable of building resiliency and to believe that things will get better with the right supports.”
Charles Soldevilla, M.A., LMHC
Clinic Director, Whitman Counseling Center
We Learn, Grow, and Rise Above
The Brockton After School Enrichment program is a therapeutic after school and summer program that promotes the social skills development of children, ages 6-12 years, with serious emotional challenges and complex behavioral health needs. Services are specifically designed for students who have been unable to succeed in non-therapeutic community after school programs. BASE provides children with therapeutic benefits that focus on socialization skills, conflict resolution, and the development of appropriate behavior and anger management techniques needed for a successful transition to a mainstream community after school program.
Daily Activities Include:
- Group Therapy
- Anger Management
- Behavior Management
- Social Skill Building
- Physical Fitness
- Arts & Crafts
- Family Night
- Community Outings
- Homework
Stepping Together Toward Stability
A Community Service Agency is a community-based organization whose function is to facilitate access to, and ensure coordination of, care for youth with serious emotional disturbance (SED) who require or are already utilizing multiple services or who require or are involved with multiple child-serving systems (e.g., child welfare, special education, juvenile justice, mental health) and their families.
- Intensive Care Coordination: A care planning service for youth that receive or need multiple services across mental health providers, state agencies, and/or special education.
- Family Support and Training: A service provided by Family Partners (FPs) that educate, support, and coach the parent/caregiver on how to be an effective advocate for their child.
It Will Get Better
The Coordinated Specialty Care-First Episode Psychosis program provides comprehensive, community-based wraparound services for Brockton area families and youth, ages 13-22, who are experiencing a first-time psychotic episode or who may be at risk of later developing a psychotic episode. Our diverse Flex Team provides early intervention first through human, relational engagement with youth and families using a culturally aware, recovery-oriented, and strength-based approach.
We respectfully collaborate to help to instill hope and destigmatize mental illness for those in the Brockton and surrounding school districts. We utilize decision-making and the collaborative development of an evidence-based treatment plan for the youth and family. We then journey together with the youth, family, and their team toward a path of wellness and thriving.
- Care Coordination
- Treatment Planning
- Comprehensive Assessment and/or Diagnosis
- Individual, Family or Group Psychotherapy
- Psychoeducation
- One-to-One Youth Support by a Peer Professional
- Parent/Caregiver Support by a Peer Professional
- Psychopharmacology/Medication Management
- Employment Services
- Flexible Spending Supports/Services
Creating a Village of Support for Families
The Flexible Intensive Response Support Team assists children and youth, ages 3-22 years, diagnosed with serious emotional challenges and their families. The FIRST program provides care coordination, family therapy, in-home respite, individual youth services, and linkage to community supports. The team, including your family, will develop a plan based on the unique strengths, values, and preferences of the child, parent, family, and community.
- Care Coordination
- Family Therapy, In-Home Respite
- Individual Youth Services
- Linkage to Community Supports
- 24-7 Crisis Management
- Psychiatric Consultations
- Flex Funds
- Family Treatment (FSI)
- Therapeutic Support
- Family Partner Services
- Peer Mentoring (IYS)
BAMSI Kids
BAMSI Kids supports children and adolescents with emotional and behavioral needs. We work with multidisciplinary teams in public schools and operate a special program for children experiencing more serious mental illnesses that tend to appear during adolescence. Kids learn how to manage their symptoms, make healthy choices, and be active members of their community; building friendships and support systems that can last a lifetime.