Youth Outpatient Programs & Services
Outpatient Therapy (OPT) at Touchstone provides counseling services that focus on the needs of children ages 7-18+ and their families. OPT services utilize a strengths-based, trauma-informed, family systems approach to help build strong and healthy relationships. Treatment services focus on building rapport through shared understanding, identifying strengths and capacities, utilizing psychoeducation to help promote regulation and stabilization within the environment and implementing evidence-based treatment modalities. Those modalities may include Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), and Sand Tray Therapy. The program aims to support healthy relationships and improve communication to enhance functional outcomes in living environments, relationships, school, work, and community.
OPT also provides group therapy and parenting training. Our services are offered in the office, at home, and in school. Many of the OPT clinicians are Spanish speaking. Language assistance is provided if necessary.
High Needs Care Coordination (HNCC) provides intensive care coordination services to youth with complex needs or dynamics. Our High Needs Care Coordinators utilize the Child and Family Team (CFT) process to collaboratively identify the needs of the child and family to develop a comprehensive service plan. HNCC incorporates natural and formal supports and connects to professional services, considering the unique culture and strengths of the child and family to best meet the needs of the child and family.
Touchstone employs Board Certified Psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, and medical providers who can provide psychiatric evaluations and medication monitoring.
What We Do:
- 60 minutes
- Completed by either a Psychiatrist (MD) or Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)
- Our psychiatric evaluations are similar to those that are performed in a hospital setting (Providers seeing a patient for the first time).
- There is usually no urgent requirement to make all diagnoses during the 60 minute evaluation. If sufficient information is available at the time of the evaluation to make a diagnosis or several diagnoses, our providers will diagnose and discuss a treatment plan.
What To Expect:
- Our psych team may request additional information from collateral sources such as the school and the PCP when exploring certain diagnoses.
- They may recommend referrals for supportive services such as individual or family therapy.
- Medication management may be explored.
Please Note: Touchstone’s Psychiatric Specialty Services Providers do not complete learning disability assessments or Neurological Evaluations, Psychological Evaluations (including Psychosexual or forensic/criminal court). Referrals for a Pediatric Neurologist, Developmental Pediatrician, brain mapping, medical or genetic testing need to come from the members Primary Care Provider.
Touchstone’s Blueprints Model Programs for Youth and Families are three distinct evidence-based family therapy approaches: Multisystemic Therapy (MST), and Multisystemic Therapy for Problem Sexual Behaviors (MST-PSB). Multisystemic Therapy work to address at-risk youth behaviors such as substance use, truancy, legal involvement, and family conflict. Multisystemic Therapy for Problem Sexual Behaviors is designed to take a family approach to treating youth who have engaged in inappropriate sexual behaviors toward others. Click HERE to learn more about Touchstone’s Blueprint Programs
Touchstone Health Services was awarded a five-year, 1.5 million dollars grant from the Office of Population Affairs, Department of Human and Health Services to provide comprehensive, multi-faceted teen pregnancy prevention programs in seventeen zip codes across Avondale, Tolleson, Goodyear, Litchfield Park and parts of Glendale, Buckeye, and Phoenix. The grant looks to advance equity in adolescent health through the replication of evidence-based programs (EBPs) and services. Touchstone looks to service over 22,000 youth, over 7,900 adults (parents/caregivers) with EBPs, and over 3,100 community members with training.
Prevention also provides partners with professional development training on diverse topics such as Youth Mental Health First Aid, Trauma-Informed Approaches, Resilience, Empathy, and more.
For more information regarding current programing including our youth leadership council, CARE Coalition, etc. please visit https://carecoalitionaz.org/.
Prevention hopes to continue providing education and resources to other communities in the valley with future funding opportunities.
Within the grant Touchstone also oversees the CARE Coalition which is a group of collaborating community members, youth, local agencies, schools, and other invested individuals that aim to improve the health and wellbeing of adolescents in the West Valley. The mission of the CARE Coalition is to unite, inform, and empower the community to make a positive impact on youth in the West Valley through collaborative planning and action, and foster a community that is informed, caring, and driven to ensure youth well-being.
www.carecoalitionaz.org
The Respite Program is a facility-based program that provides a needed break for caregivers. Respite team members are CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) certified, trained in crisis prevention/interventions, and receive ongoing training in Positive Behavioral Support. The Respite team works with the Child and Family Team (CFT) to understand the individual needs of each child. During respite, the children participate in group games/activities, arts and crafts, outdoor activities, and occasional group outings that focus on learning skills that help improve the quality of social interactions between caregivers, other adults, and peers. Breakfast, lunch, and snacks are provided.
The Respite Program is a facility-based program that provides a needed break for caregivers. Respite team members are CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) certified, trained in crisis prevention/interventions, and receive ongoing training in Positive Behavioral Support. The Respite team works with the Child and Family Team (CFT) to understand the individual needs of each child. During respite, the children participate in group games/activities, arts and crafts, outdoor activities, and occasional group outings that focus on learning skills that help improve the quality of social interactions between caregivers, other adults, and peers. Breakfast, lunch, and snacks are provided.
Location: 15820 N. 35th Avenue STE 14, Phoenix, AZ 85053