Juvenile Court Services

Behavioral Health

Our Philosophy

At Child Focus, we recognize the importance of identifying and treating mental health issues as early as possible and offering a wide range of services.  Mental disorders affect not only the children and adults who have them, but also individuals around them.  It is imperative that mental health issues are addressed in the context of a family partnership and all of Child Focus' behavioral health services require involvement of the primary caregiver.  The critical tasks of mental health services include promoting healthy relationships, improving behavioral and emotional functioning, thus drastically increasing the likelihood of success in life.

 

Our Accreditation

Child Focus’ mental health programs are certified by Ohio Mental Health and Addiction Services (OMHAS) and accredited by the Commission for the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF).  Child Focus contracts with the Clermont County Mental Health & Recovery Board and Brown County Mental Health & Addiction Services Board.

 

Our Staff

Mental health disorders are complex and require care by a multidisciplinary treatment team that promotes high standards of care and best practice.  Our Child Focus Behavioral Health staff specialize in treating child, adolescent and adult mental health issues.  Our combined expertise utilizing a range of mental health professionals is used to deliver seamless, comprehensive care to the individual.  Learn more about our team by clicking the directory below.

Staff Directory

Community Programs
We strive to improve our community by providing quality services through collaboration and responsive programming.

Services

Therapy: Individual & Family

Counseling, or therapy, involves a collaborative relationship between a therapist and an individual, family, or group, with the goal of problem resolution. The approach varies according to the client needs. The intent is to help the client or family change behavior or make decisions that will improve the quality of their life. Therapy is usually provided in a private office setting.

Some of our therapy services are evidence-informed or evidence-based. The term evidence-informed is used to design programs and activities using evidence to identify potential benefits, harm and also acknowledging that what works in one context may not work in another.  The term evidence-based treatment (EBT), evidence-based practice (EBP) or empirically-supported treatment (EST) refers to preferential use of mental and behavioral health interventions for which systematic empirical research has provided evidence of statistically significant effectiveness as treatments for specific problems. Child Focus, Inc. is proud to offer the following evidenced-informed or evidence-based treatments.

  • Multidimensional Family Therapy (MDFT)
  • Active Parenting Program 
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Incredible Years (IY)
  • Nurturing Parent (NP)
  • Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
  • Positive Parenting Program (Triple P)
  • Intensive Home-Based Therapy (IHBT)
  • High-Fidelity Wraparound
  • Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy (TF-CBT)
  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
  • The Seven Challenges
  • Strengthening Families Program (SFP)
  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)-Informed Treatment

Specialized Programs

Juvenile Court Behavioral Health Services

Child Focus and Clermont County Juvenile Court have a long standing partnership to provide quality behavioral health services for youth involved in the Juvenile Justice system.  These coordinated efforts are designed to show a reduction in juvenile crime, a reduction in recidivism rates, and a reduction in youth placements.  There are several programs that accept referrals through Juvenile Court Detention and Juvenile Court Probation.

Juvenile Court Intensive Home Based Program (JC-IHB) is a therapeutic program that provides individual and family therapy and case management to youth who are on actively on probation.  This is an intensive program for youth who have behavioral health concerns as well as chronic family dynamic issues.  On average, services are provided 2-4 hours per week in the home and community.  Parent participation in required as it has been shown that a child’s progress in treatment is directly related to the family’s active involvement in treatment.  Referrals are made through court order and probation officers.

Juvenile Detention Center and Child Focus have recognized the importance of having behavioral health services available for youth while serving time in the Detention Center.  Child Focus provides a therapist to complete assessment and ongoing consultation to youth as well as provide daily prevention groups to work on anger management, problem solving skills, stress and anxiety, and many other areas that are needed by the youth while in detention. 

Strengthening Families Program (SFP) is an evidenced-based program that focuses on enhancing parenting skills, children’s life skills, and strengthening family communication and cohesion.  It is a 14 week program for children and parents to participate in group sessions separately and together.  The overall goal of SFP is to Reduce Risk Factors, Build Protective Factors, and Strengthen Family Resiliency. 

Multidimensional Family Therapy (MDFT) is an evidenced-based, comprehensive, family centered treatment program for adolescents with substance abuse and related behavioral and emotional disorders.  Interventions target known risk and promotive factors and processes in the adolescents and parents, and the family’s interactions with school and juvenile justice.  This program is a very intensive level of service providing 4 hours of service each week for a family.   It is has been developed to provide intensive services for 3-6 months in the home, community, school, and other locations.  Child Focus is currently in the process of creating, training, and implementing a MDFT team.

The Parent Project is an evidenced informed model that works with parents/caregivers of at risk youth.  The 10 week program allows for the families to work on reducing family conflict, improving school attendance and performance, achieving appropriate parental response to disruptive teen behaviors, and increasing levels of support in the community as well as increased family bonding. 

 

17,899

children, adolescents and adults served by Behavioral Health

98

percentage of persons served reporting high satisfaction and improved symptoms and functioning

2,783

life-saving interventions provided by the Crisis Hotline 528-SAVE

Registration & Fees

Registration Packets

Child Registration Packet
Click here to download the CHILD registration packet. Please print out the forms and complete them. You can then return completed forms to the office during office hours or email completed forms to CMHForms@child-focus.org.

Adult Registration Packet
Click here to download the ADULT registration packet. Please print out the forms and complete them. You can then return completed forms to the office during office hours or email completed forms to CMHForms@child-focus.org.

Client Handbook
Click here to download the Client Handbook. The Client Handbook includes your rights and responsibilities, the notice of privacy practices, the grievance policy and procedures, service locations and hours, an explanation of services, and ethical standards. 

Registration

Child Focus is a private non-profit agency, funded by state and federal funds, insurance, Medicaid, fees based on a sliding fee scale, contract agencies, United Way and funds from the Clermont County Mental Health and Recovery Board, the Clermont County Mental Health levy, as well as the Brown County Mental Health and Recovery Board.

Step 1
Please call 513.752.1555 to speak with a Registration Specialist for questions or help completing the registration packet. Registration materials can be completed in the comfort of your home by downloading the registration packets. Alternately, you may come into the office to request a packet and complete it in the waiting room.

Step 2
When you bring in the registration packet or come in to the office to complete the packet, please bring the following documents:

  • Client's Social Security number
  • Parent's/Guardian’s Social Security number (if registering a child)
  • Proof of Insurance/Medicaid/Medicare
  • Proof of Income (wages, child support, disability, social security)
  • Custody Papers, if applicable
  • If you are scanning and emailing your registration, please scan and email the above items, along with the registration packet.

Step 3
You will have the opportunity to discuss services that best meet the needs of the client and express your preferences.

Step 4   
After completing and submitting your Registration Packet along with the other required information (see 2. above), you will be contacted to schedule an Intake Assessment. To provide a complete and thorough assessment, this appointment will take approximately 2 hours.

Hours

Flexible scheduling options for busy families include evening and weekend appointments at three convenient locations in Mt. Carmel, Mt. Orab and Norwood. In addition, services can be provided in your child's school, in your home, and in other community locations and on-call support is available 24 hours a day! 

 

Mt. Carmel


Hours:

M-Th: 8am-9pm

F: 8am-4:30pm

Sat: 8am-4:30pm (by appointment)


4633 Aicholtz Road

Cincinnati, Ohio 45244

Phone: (513) 752-1555

Fax: (513) 753-2144

 

Mt. Orab


Hours:

M-Th: 8am-8pm

F: 8am-4:30pm


710 N. High Street

Mt. Orab, Ohio 45154

Phone: (937) 444-1613

Fax: (937) 444-1605

 

Norwood


Hours:

M-Th: 12pm-8:30pm

 


4411 Montgomery Road, Suite 201

Cincinnati, Ohio 45212

Phone: (513) 685-5040

Fax: (513) 685-5052