CBHI Services

• Community Service Agency (CSA) – serving the Lynn and Lawrence catchment areas
  Employing teams of Care Coordinators and Family Partners with oversight by licensed clinicians and managers, the staff of the Lawrence and Lynn CSAs currently provide Intensive Care Coordination (ICC) and Family Support and Training (FS&T) to over 160 children and youth with serious emotional disturbance (SED) and complex needs. CSAs utilize a 'wraparound' approach, which is a process designed to yield care plans that are a mix of provider and community-based services that are family-driven, youth-guided, individualized, and culturally and linguistically competent for the youth and family.
• In Home Therapy (IHT) – currently serving the greater Salem and Lynn areas
  Utilizing a team approach, In-Home Therapy Services provide intensive therapy and behavioral health support services to treat the child's behavioral health needs and help the family support the child in the home. Children's Friend began offering this service in March of 2010.
• Therapeutic Mentoring (TM) – serving Salem, Lynn, Lawrence, and Gloucester
  A therapeutic mentor works one-on-one with a child or youth who, because of his or her behavioral health needs, requires support and coaching to learn social skills, including better ways to communicate and get along with others. These services are prescribed as part of the child's comprehensive behavioral health treatment plan. Children's Friend began this service in November, 2009.