Program Highlight: Behavioral Health
“I have worked [with NYAP] for the past 2 years and over that time period have seen phenomenal growth in programs, staffing and clients served. I have worked at several other community mental health organizations over the past 15 years, and NYAP’s culture has been such a unique and positive change. I have never experienced leadership that was so down to earth, directly involved with client care, accessible to staff, and open to new ideas and change. I believe this openness to change has facilitated the vast amount of growth and expansion.”
Behavioral Health programming at NYAP is tailored to meet the unmet needs of children, youth and families with the aim of helping them live respectfully and productively in the communities they call home.
The length, frequency, and elements of Behavioral Health programs make use of evidence-based models that provide a continuum of services that match the identified needs of person and families served.
Industry-wide research confirmed that 2022 brought about many continued challenges within the mental health and child welfare fields. Challenges include the attraction and retention of qualified employees, the high costs of evidence-based curricula, and the delivery of initial and ongoing employee training.
In 2022, NYAP successfully launched and replicated three evidence-based practices: Functional Family Therapy (FFT), Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT), Child and Family Traumatic Stress Intervention (CFTSI). NYAP employees across the organization also completed training proficiencies or earned certification in five different evidence-based models or programs: BSFT, Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT), Nurturing Parenting and Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT).
Outpatient Mental Health (OPMH), the organization’s largest Behavioral Health program is offered in 7 of our 11 states, including: Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Nevada, Ohio and West Virginia. OPMH is a versatile therapeutic program typically implemented within a structure and service modality that meets the contractual and geographic needs of the service population. OPMH can be delivered within the home or in the community of the person served, in-office or in a community mental health center via telehealth based on the preferences or needs of persons and families served. In some instances, OPMH is implemented alongside or in conjunction with another primary treatment service to ensure the complex needs of persons and families served are met.
NYAP’S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROGRAMS:
Anger Management
Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT)
Case Management
Comprehensive Assessment Skills
Family Support Services
Functional Family Therapy (FFT)
Group Therapy
Individual & Family Psychotherapy
Intensive Home-based Therapy (IHBT, IIHS)
NMT Brain Mapping
Parenting Development
Practicing Alternative Safe Solutions for Problematic Sexual Behaviors (PASS-PSB)
Healthy Ways
Psychiatry
School-based Counseling
Substance Use Counseling
Telehealth
Wraparound Service
