Children and Family Services
Who We Are
Children and Family Services enhances the well-being of children and families through interventions and education to give families hope for meaningful participation throughout life.
What We Do
We provide services to children and families, including Behavioral Health Rehabilitation Services, Early Intervention Services, Comprehensive Autism Evaluations, Therapeutic Foster Care, Family Based Mental Health Services and Family Preservation and Reunification Services.
Children & Family Services is an integrated delivery system for services geared towards children and families. Using an innovative, multi-dimensional and holistic approach, Children & Family Services provides a variety of therapies, services and supports to help children succeed with their family, at home, at school and in the community.
Several of Keystone Human Services’ acclaimed agencies integrated to form Children & Family Services. The division provides therapy services and education services to strengthen children and their families in their own communities as they strive to achieve immediate and long-term success. Children and families who are facing the challenges of behavior disorder, mental illness, physical disability, autism or an intellectual disability, or those who have a low income can take advantage of Children & Family Services, which includes Capital Area Head Start and Susquehanna Service Dogs.
Service Spotlight
Early Intervention Services
Our Early Intervention Services are fully rooted in the values of inclusion and full participation of children and families in the community. Services are designed to assist children with autism, physical and intellectual disabilities, and developmental and behavioral challenges, providing them with opportunities to grow and develop to their fullest potential.
Our developmental, education and behavioral services are fully integrated and follow evidence-based practices. Services include behavioral intervention, special instruction, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech and language therapy.
Early Intervention Services support children to grow and be successful at home, school and in the community. One child, Ty, has recently made significant progress with the support of Early Intervention Services. Before Ty was one year old, his mother knew that he was not developing at the same rate as other children his age. “He would not even look at me,” says his mother.
But after learning that Ty has autism and receiving Early Intervention Services, Ty has made significant progress, and he uses a picture board to communicate. “Now Ty will go up the wall, take the picture off and hand it to me when he wants a snack. That’s amazing,” says his mother. “I do feel that I’m doing everything I possibly can for Ty, and that’s thankfully because of early intervention and Keystone.”
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