WHAT WE DO
Intervention is our primary goal in supporting the children who visit us here at St. Vincent's. By working with family members and care providers, we not only help change children's behavior, but also help change surrounding environments, which often contribute to behavioral problems.
It is easier to intervene when troubled children are young than when they are teenagers or adults, when thinking patterns and values are already in place. We work to stabilize our students' behavior so they may obtain the goal of returning to a less restrictive educational setting in the future.
OUR PURPOSE
St. Vincent Family Centers is a vital community resource providing pediatric behavioral health care for children ages 0-18 with severe emotional and behavioral problems.
Many of these children would have no other alternative for treatment without St. Vincent's, which works with the whole family to provide behavior management tools that will allow the family to stay together whenever possible. The majority of the families served live at or below the poverty line.
St. Vincent Family Center is a leading family service organization committed to providing high quality, distinctive behavioral health and social development services that support children, strengthen families and sustain communities.
Children have a right to services meeting their physical, emotional, development, and spiritual needs.
Every child deserves our respect and the opportunity to participate fully in society without the additional weight of mental health issues.
Children are vulnerable members of our community and deserve the highest quality care possible especially those who have no other avenue open to them for treatment.
Each child and family (whatever its configuration) has inherent worth and our effort must be to support their fullest possible participation in their community.
The best care for children is delivered by highly competent staff who respect and value diversity and who themselves are valued and respected.
The best care for children is that which is delivered in the least restrictive environment and with the greatest involvement of family members/ care givers.
VISION
Provide specialized behavioral health treatment resources and a system of support to children and families who have emotional and behavioral challenges.
Assist children to reach a goal of emotional health and to maintain that health.
Address behavioral health issues that prevent children from being able to function fully in school and in society.
Provide prevention services to increase resiliency of children and families.
CERTIFICATIONS
OHIO Department of Mental Health Certified
St. Vincent Family Centers is a Council on Accreditation (COA) agency
CORCORAN AWARDS
Celebrating the life’s work of Monsignor Lawrence Corcoran, P.A., St. Vincent Family Centers announces the Corcoran Awards: five awards given to worthy persons working in the fields of mental health, children’s causes, early childhood or elementary education, social justice and the work of the Church.
This year’s awards will be presented at a luncheon honoring the winners on November 10, 2008 at the Westin Columbus. To make a nomination for 2008 please submit this form to Susan Black sblack@svfc.org by August 22, 2008.
