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What to Expect When a Child Discharges From a Children’s Psychiatric Hospital

KVC

When a child is discharged from a children’s psychiatric hospital, they will likely experience a range of emotions and expectations for life after their hospital stay. Choosing to admit a child for inpatient psychiatric care is never easy and it can be an overwhelming decision to make.

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KVC Health Systems and Emporia State University Launch Data Analytics Research to Benefit Children in Foster Care

KVC

Now, child welfare leader KVC Health Systems and graduate students at Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas are working together to unlock the power of data analytics for the state’s most vulnerable children – those served by the child welfare system.

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20 Success Stories: Mental Health, Family Reunification, Foster Care and Adoption Support Transform Lives

KVC

These stories came from youth and families we’ve served, foster or adoptive families who support our mission, and KVC team members who provide in-home family therapy and support, mental health treatment, foster care, adoption, inpatient children’s psychiatric treatment or other life-changing services.

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CBT for Kids: How You Can Improve the Mental Health of Younger Clients

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As some therapists are reluctant to use CBT because it can be seen as manualized (following predetermined guidelines) and boring, we’ll guide you through what you need to know to get buy-in from your staff, including: what CBT is, why it’s so important when working with younger clients, and how to begin using at your organization.

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News Items – March 18, 2022

Social Workers Speak

They can be found in Indian Child Welfare, Humans Services, Behavioral Health, Housing, ONE FIRE, Health Services , Education and Sequoyah Schools, just to name a few of the departments that provide supportive services for our citizens. These dedicated workers make up a large part of our 4,300 employees.

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10 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About Social Workers

KVC

child welfare services are provided or managed by the government agency in each state. These agencies investigate reports of abuse and neglect, and work closely with the court system to decide whether or not to remove a child from their home. Social workers do NOT remove children from their homes. In the U.S.,

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Increasing access to high-fidelity Cognitive Therapy for underserved populations

Society of Clinical Psychology

Balancing effectiveness with responsiveness: Therapist satisfaction across different treatment designs in the child STEPS randomized effectiveness trial. The Behavior Therapist, 37, 56-64. Quality of publicly-funded outpatient specialty mental health care for common childhood psychiatric disorders in California.

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