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Program Overview Outpatient Services at the Elwyn Philadelphia location serve adults and children ages 4 and up with situational or persistent mental health issues, emotional problems, and behavioral challenges. Services encompass a number of specialties, all of which work either independently or together with individualized treatment plans that address specific psychological needs. Using a therapeutic team approach, our dedicated staff focuses on developing the strengths of each individual and promoting healthy growth and psychiatric recovery. A highly qualified and experienced team of professionals work collaboratively to develop creative treatment plans that help adults and children acquire the skills and tools for living and learning in their most natural, least restrictive environment. New Visions: Traditional programs dictated that everyone was to be served in a designated site and at designated times and where the content of services was restricted according to established guidelines. New Visions is the culmination of efforts to create a different type of program. New Visions is a recovery oriented, community integrated and treatment based network of care where originality is valued, and offering many choices and individualized approaches to the recovery process is the expectation. Educational interventions on site and in the community provide creative, culturally rich and thoughtful, safe growth for each participant. New Visions is a place where people come to learn how to recover, work and build social supports that lead to in-community opportunities. Employment is be prized and people are supported in their efforts to secure gainful employment, educated in the ways to maintain their benefits and be supported when they choose to reduce their dependence on these benefits. New Visions encompasses a “living- learning” philosophy, modeled similar to a “community college” that offers various tracts and levels of proficiency. New Visions offers three tracts for individuals: Site Based Education and Training, Community Integration and Supported Employment. Certified Peer Specialists are people with a mental illness, helpful others in their recovery from mental illness and they are vital to New Visions. The individual have the option of participating in one service or they can choose to participate in any combination of the three tracts. Participant movement into the community is the primary goal of NewVisions. Connections to families, friends, education and employment are emphasized. The walls of traditional programs are eliminated with the assistance of Certified Peer Specialist who have special training and use their own recovery experience to support participant change. Admission Criteria: 1. Individuals 18 years or older and is in recovery form a mental illness including schizophrenia, major mood disorder, Psychotic disorder NOS, schizoaffective disorder or borderline personality disorder. Other mental health diagnosis may be reviewed and approved by the BHMCO on an exception basis. 2. The person is a resident of Philadelphia, with Medical Assistance /CBH coverage 3. May have co-occurring substance abuse issue 4. May have secondary developmental disabilities 5. Able to communicate and benefit from a blended site and community focused program 6. Able to travel independently or learn how to travel independently.
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