Children's Service Center of Wyoming Valley, Inc.
Services Offered
Tunkhannock: 133 West Tioga Street, Tunkhannock, PA 18657 570-836-2722 Wilkes-Barre: 334 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre 18702 570-301-093
All of the services and programs offered by the Children's Service Center fall within what we call an "integrated system of care." Our services are listed and briefly described below, with the name of the appropriate contact person.
Adoption/Foster Care: A continuum of adoption support services for domestic and international adoptions. The program is affiliated with Wendy's Wonderful Kids Program and the State-Wide Adoption Network (SWAN). Shari Menichello, smenichello@e-csc.org
Alcohol and Drug Services: CSC provides drug and alcohol counseling to adolescents and adults. Our specially trained counselors specialize in the unique aspects of teenagers with alcohol and/or drug issues. Jessy Miller, jmiller@e-csc.org
Autism: Intensive therapy in the home, school, and community settings for children and adolescents diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder, using Applied Behavioral Analysis. Shelley Loughney, sloughney@e-csc.org
Base Service Unit: All clients entering the CSC integrated system of care receive a full behavioral health assessment by well trained and qualified professionals. This assessment determines the clinical plan: a collaborative approach between the treatment team, the family and youth.
Behavioral Health Rehabilitation Services: Behavioral health services provided in the home, school, or community. The program is based on individual needs determined by psychological assessment. Includes Mobile Therapy, Therapeutic Staff Support, and Behavioral Specialists. Carey Mazzoni, cmazzoni@e-csc.org
Blended Case Management: Specially trained staff coordinate psychiatric, financial, legal, and medical services to help a child or adolescent with behavioral health needs to live successfully at home and in their community. Sheila Zambetti, szambetti@e-csc.org
Community Residential Rehabilitation: CSC has two CRR group homes. The Bennet Home, located on the South Franklin Street campus, accommodates males ages 12 to 17 with behavioral health needs. The Nanticoke Group Home serves co-ed adolescents ages 12 to 17 with behavioral health needs. Summer Krochta, skrochta@e-csc.org
Crisis Services: Trained individuals and teams respond to personal crises in the home or community. Professional in-person assessments, recommendations, consultations with mental health providers and follow-ups are provided as needed. This service is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Matthew Fedor, mfedor@e-csc.org
Day Partial Hospitalization Services: Provides intensive treatment up to five days a week by trained mental health staff under the clinical direction of a psychiatrist. The program provides kindergarten through high school education. Denise Astaneh, dastaneh@e-csc.org
Family Finding Services: By utilizing effective and extensive relative search processes, the Children's Service Center's (CS) Family Finding Service aims to discover relatives and engage them in the planning and decision making of important aspects of a child's life.
Family-Based Services: Teams of specialists in family therapy provide intensive home treatment and support to families in crisis. This program is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The emphasis is on preventing out-of-home placement of the child or adolescent. Kimberly Lawall, klawall@e-csc.org
Juvenile Sex Offender Program Serves individuals who have engaged in inappropriate sexual behaviors. It provides intensive psycho-sexual education. Carey Mazzoni, cmazzoni@e-csc.org
Medication Clinic: Medication assessments by a psychiatrist trained and skilled in child and adolescent behavioral health. Regular medical follow-up of prescribed medication is required. Sylena Parham, sparham@e-csc.org
Outpatient Services: Behavioral health assessments and treatment services under the clinical direction of a psychiatrist. Laura Jacoby, ljacoby@e-csc.org
Telepsychiatry Services: CSC uses this interactive audio and visual electronic system to enable a Wilkes-Barre based psychiatrist to work with patients in other service areas. Denise Namowicz, dnamowicz@e-csc.org
Community & School-Based Behavioral Health: Based on-site in a school, CSBBH teams provide a behavioral health home for youths and families, offering therapeutic support in the school, home and community. Flexible and easy to access, CSBBH offers individual, family and group therapy, parenting support, case management, crisis management, and school advocacy and consultation. Carolanne Jones-Leco, cjones@e-csc.org
Student Assistance Program: Mental health professionals work with school staff to provide assessments and short term interventions to youths at risk. Rachel Drosdick-Sigafoos, rdrosdick@e-csc.org
Youth Skills Development: This program will individually assess and address each youth's risk factors that have the greatest impact upon potentially reducing recidivism if addressed with the appropriate intervention or treatment. The program will focus on youth's strengths and build on them to develop needed life skills.
Evidence-Based Therapies also provided.