Community-Based Educational and Mental Health Programs
for Children and Adolescents

Astor operates many community-based educational and mental health programs at clinics throughout the New York State Mid-Hudson Valley region and the Bronx, NY. For children and adolescents with moderate to severe behavioral health problems, our clinics provide a range of counseling, treatment, and education services.

Astor's outpatient behavioral health centers and day treatment programs are licensed by the New York State Office of Mental Health and function as part of the state's Comprehensive Outpatient Services System (COPS). As a COPS provider, our centers provide priority access to seriously emotionally disturbed children and adolescents, and offer a planned combination of evidence-based clinic treatment services.

Astor's Child And Family Clinic Plus Program

Astor has been selected by the New York State Office of Mental Health to implement its newest initiative, the "Child And Family Clinic Plus" program, in the Mid-Hudson Valley and the Bronx. More information about this initiative can be found here:
Child And Family Clinic Plus Website.

Clinic and Day Treatment Services

Clinic and day treatment services are provided by members of Astor's licensed professional staff. In day treatment, educational services are provided by teachers who are licensed at special education.

Family participation in both treatment planning and the treatment process is important. Astor focuses on each family's strengths in order to develop and implement an individualized treatment plan. Steps are identified which will help strengthen each family's ability to reach the goals of the plan, and use treatment, counseling and special education services for positive outcomes.

Astor's clinic treatment centers provide services during the day, as well as after school and in the evening.

Day treatment is a combined program of clinic treatment and education services. Children and adolescents who can not attend their regular schools due to behavioral health issues attend this program each day, and receive education services that follow a curriculum approved by the New York State Education Department. When children and adolescents graduate from day treatment, they can re-enter public school and transition to their appropriate school placement.