BEECH BROOK: PROGRAM AND SERVICES

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BEECH BROOKPROGRAM AND SERVICES

• Mark R. Groner, MSSA, LISW-S
• Vice President of Clinical Services Clinical
  Director

Agency Mission Statement To advance the
emotional well-being and self-sufficiency of
children, youth and families by providing
effective, innovative behavioral health,
permanency, educational and related services, and
by providing a strong voice for children, youth
and families.
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What services are offered agency wide?

• Prevention
• Early Intervention
• Treatment ranging from outpatient therapy to
  secure residential care for children and
  adolescents

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What specific services are offered in Lorain
County?

• School-Based Social Work Services
• PATHS (Providing Alternative Thinking Strategies)
• Parenting Wisely and other parenting curricula
• Girls Circle
• Outpatient Therapy
• Parent-Child Interaction Therapy
• Trauma-Focused CBT
• Intensive Home-Based Treatment
• Designed borrowing best/promising practices from
  Vroon VanDenBerg Wraparound and the ACT Team
  model

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Who are your target clients?

• Toddlers (ages 2 years to 3 years)
• Young Children (ages 3 years to 6 years)
• Children in Latency (ages 6 years to 12 years)
• Adolescents (ages 12 years to 18 years)

and their families!
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What is the referral process?

• Contact Beech Brooks Intake Department at
• (toll free)
• Please ask for Leslie Richards, or her
  supervisor, Linda Schettler
• Anticipate triage for Beech Brooks programs and
  services and/or referral elsewhere as appropriate

1-877-546-1225
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Alternate Contact Information

• Janet Asche, Director of Lorain Programs
• 440-324-4980
• jasche_at_beechbrook.org
• Mark R. Groner, VP of Clinical Services
  Clinical Director
• 216-831-2255, ext. 2402
• mgroner_at_beechbrook.org

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What cant Beech Brook do?

• Something unsound clinically
• Something unethical
• Otherwise, please feel free to ask if we dont
  do it already, perhaps we can.
• We look for new ways to help to
• children, families and our customers!

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How will the referral agency be notified of
progress and changes in services?

• With consent from the legal guardian, Beech Brook
  is eager to share information freely through
• Telephone conversations
• Written reports
• Face-to-face meetings
• Tell us what works best for you!
• Beech Brook appreciates that, It takes a village
  to raise a child.

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Is there a fee for services?

• School-based services in Lorain City Schools are
  funded by a federal grant.
• Outpatient services are billed to private
  insurance, Medicaid, or to the family on a
  sliding fee scale. PCIT is funded, in part, with
  a stipend from the LCBMH.
• IHBT services presently are funded by Medicaid
  and/or a grant from ODMH.

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What is the billing process?

• Initial triage at the front door involves
• A review of clinical information for potential
  appropriateness of services
• A review of financial resources for services
  under consideration

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Agency Work in Schools

• Lorain City Schools
• Masson
• Washington
• Toni Morrison
• Almost 30 Cleveland Metropolitan School District
• All of Bedfords Schools
• All of Oranges Schools
• Other schools throughout NE Ohio
• Comprehensive Sex Education

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Lorain Organizational Chart
Debra Rex CEO
Mark Groner Clinical Director