Child and Youth Services

Behavioral Services

Mental Health Services Back

Our board certified child psychiatrist and psychiatric nurse meet weekly in our children and youth treatment team, along with a Ph.D. psychologist/licensed professional examiner, licensed master’s level therapists, certified master’s level social workers, Case Management team leader, 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 Back

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.

Continuous Treatment Team 

The Continuous Treatment Team (CTT) service represents the Most intensive level of outpatient mental health services available at Ridgeview. The services are provided only to families of children with serious mental illness where traditional outpatient services are ineffective.  The CTT services are designed to improve the functioning of the child and family as a whole throughout the social, educational, emotional and behavioral domains of daily living.  The CTT service includes frequent face-to-face encounters to assure proper symptom management, provide opportunities to enhance the child’s coping skills and offer education and support for the family. 

Respite Services –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, conflict resolution, value clarification, and alcohol/drug education. These groups utilize experiential, adventure-based activities, as well as group discussions that offer new concepts and new coping skills.  Amazing Discoveries has been provided by Ridgeview for over 15 years.