Ridgeview Children & Youth Services
Mental health Services
Our psychiatric nurse and board certified child psychiatrist meet weekly in our treatment team, along with a Ph.D. psychologist / licensed professional examiner, licensed master's level therapists, certified master's level social workers, case managers, and others as needed to review and develop treatment plans for the youth in our programs.
Psychological Assessments
Ridgeview provides psychological assessment services for children and youth to assist clinicians, the courts, parents, and school personnel in planning and providing the most effective services and treatment for each child.
Project B.A.S.I.C
Project B.A.S.I.C is a school-based program funded by the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities to address mental health education, prevention and early intervention; teacher and parent consultation; and school climate enhancement. The program serves children in kindergarten through third grade at Claxton Elementary School in Anderson County. Ridgeview provides a child development specialist who works onsite, at no cost to the school, except for providing office space.
Case Management
Children and Youth Case Management is a voluntary partnership between the child, the parents, and the case manager, designed to improve the child's social, educational, emotional and behavioral situations through advocacy, referral, and direct support. Case managers provide services within the natural environment of the child and family, including home, school, and community. Case Management services build upon the strengths of each family in an effort to empower the child and the family to achieve their stated goals. Case Managers teach new coping skills, assist in the development of behavior management plans and provide a crucial link between families, schools, other community agencies, therapists, and psychiatrists in an effort to assure mental health stability for children.
Respite Serivces - Respite Rocks
The Respite Rocks program is a planned family respite program for families with children ages 2 through 17 who exhibit challenging behavior resulting from emotional disturbance or a dual diagnosis of mental retardation and behavior disorder. Ridgeview provides respite services in Knox and Anderson counties. Services are provided within the family's own home, neighborhood, and community. The respite consultant works with parents to develop a respite plan, to train the parent in methods of obtaining respite, and to provide some direct home or community-based respite. The program objective is to enable the family to develop ongoing respite resources.
School-Based high Risk Groups
Amazing Discovery is a school-based early intervention program for youth at high risk for developing mental health, alcohol and/or drug, and behavioral problems. This program is currently serving twelve elementary or middle schools in Roane, Morgan , Scott and Campbell counties. Our licensed alcohol/drug counselors provide weekly groups in the schools focusing on improving life skills in various areas such as problem solving, peer pressure, communication, self awareness, anger management, confilct resolution, value clarification, and alcohol/drug education. These groups utilize experiential, adventure-based activites, as well as group discussions that offer new concepts and new coping skills. Amazing Discoveries has been provided by Ridgeview for over 15 years.
Meth Prevention and Intervention Program
The Meth P.I. program provides prevention/intervention programs to adolescents who are at high risk for methamphetamine use, using Project SUCCESS, a program that emphasizes education about the drug methamphetamine, along with adventure-based counseling. Students in grades 6-12 (and their families when appropriate) who have been placed in an alternative school, participate in the program. This program serves Anderson County. Meth PI is funded by a grant from the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration.
R.O.A.D.S
Ridgeview Outpatient Alcohol/Drug Services (ROADS) is a treatment program that serves Morgan, Campbell and Anderson counties in conjunction with the courts, schools and DCS. Treatment is community based and utilizes two Center for Substance Abuse Treatment model programs: the Assertive Community Reinforcement Approach, coupled with Assertive Continuing Care. Psychiatry and medication management are incorporated for co-occuring patients. The target population is adolescents between the ages of 12-18 with a substance use disorder and/or with co-occuring mental health disorder. Click here for ROADS website.
For more information about the Children and Youth Programs at Ridgeview, please contact Amy Olson, LCSW, Children and Youth services Director at (865) 482-1076
