Community Based Services
About the Services
The Guidance Center is committed to building a community where all children have the help they need to be healthy and happy so we’ve partnered with our neighbors to create programs that support healing beyond our walls.
Educare
Educare is a national early education public-private partnership between organizations committed to ensuring all children receive high-quality care and education from the moment they are born to the day they enter kindergarten. The partnership between Educare and The Guidance Center is made possible by funding from First 5 LA.
Click here to read an update on Educare and stay tuned on our blog for more to come.
Whole Child
The Whole Child Program at The Guidance Center is dedicated to improving the psychological, behavioral, emotional, and social well-being of children, adolescents and young adults with chronic health conditions, medical complexity, and special health care needs.
The program specializes in assessing and treating the unique emotional and behavioral needs of children and adolescents who are receiving medical treatment for one or more health conditions.
In particular, The Whole Child Program has a focus on recognizing the strengths of youth aged 6-21 and families; and helps families build upon those strengths to foster improved adjustment and adaptive coping with their specialized health care needs. For services, call 562-595-1159.
School Crisis Response Team
The Guidance Center in partnership with LBUSD has developed the School Crisis Response Clinician Program or “CARES.” Through this collaboration, we have developed a multi-tiered system of support to help improve student’s overall functioning by supporting staff and school safety officers through crisis intervention strategies, providing consultation of student mental health needs, facilitating district-wide training, and providing preventative care and outreach. We aim to prioritize the mental health and well-being of all LBUSD students and staff. CARES was created with the intention of demonstrating a trauma-informed approach to mental health crises.
The CARES model is defined as:
- Connect/Build Rapport,
- Alleviate emotional distress by removing triggers,
- Regulate by engaging students in grounding skills,
- Encourage problem solving and School Crisis Response.
