Child and Family Services

We offer a full range of behavioral health services for children, adolescents and their families. These services are available for children as young as 18 months through 18 or 21 years depending on legal status.

Child & Adolescent Intensive Treatment Services

Targeted for children with risk for psychiatric hospitalization or placement outside of the home due to emotional and behavioral concerns. This short-term, intensive program provides families with home and community-based behavioral health and casemanagement services. While every family is assigned a primary clinician, the program uses a team approach in order to provide a more comprehensive mode of treatment for each child and family. Treatment plans are developed in collaboration with the family.

Psychiatric and Nursing Services

Children and adolescents may receive a psychiatric/medication evaluation, if clinically indicated. The psychiatrist and a psychiatric nurse monitor children on medications. Additional nursing services include monitoring for medication side effects, coordination with the primary care physician when children/adolescents have co-occurring medical conditions, and consultation and education services for the parents/guardians regarding medications.

Behavioral Health Services

Children's Outpatient Services

Office-based integrated mental health and addictions treatment for children is provided by clinical therapists. For those who require ongoing medication management, we also provide psychiatric care.

Parent Support

Services include in-home and office-based support and education for positive parenting strategies. These services address all areas of the family's life, extending beyond emotional and behavioral issues to include educational, housing, financial, and medical issues. The primary goal is to empower families with the skills that they need to lead a healthy and happy lifestyle.

Early Childhood Day Treatment Program

Designed to give younger children a community-based option for intensive evaluation and treatment. The children in our program range in age from eighteen months to six years and have a range of behavioral difficulties, emotional problems, developmental disabilities or sensory integration issues.

Alternative Education

Viola M. Berard School

This alternative school provides education through an integrated academic and therapeutic approach and is available by contract to schools throughout northern Rhode Island. Students must be referred by the Special Education Department in the town/city where they reside.

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Special School Contracts

NRICS also provides on-site consultation to schools with regard to the mental health needs of students, classroom management and behavioral supports.

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