Child and Adolescent Services programs are comprised of outpatient programs, after-school day treatment programs, therapeutic foster care and respite

programs, and community support services. Assessment services are also provided at the DeKalb County Juvenile Court, at the Department of Family and Children Services, and at the Department of Juvenile Justice's Regional Youth Detention Center. Each treatment program offers an array of specific services which are designed to comprehensively meet the child and family's mental, emotional, and behavioral health needs, in the least restrictive and most cost-effective way possible.

Because the treatment literature has demonstrated that the most desired outcomes are achieved when children are treated within the context of their different environments, every effort is made to ensure that all significant others- family members, school personnel, health care staff, or any other people having regular and meaningful contact with the child or adolescent- are in some way included in the course of treatment.

Children and adolescents between the ages of three and eighteen are eligible for these services if assessed and determined to have a DSM-IV Axis I diagnosis which indicates severe emotional disturbance, response to trauma, mood disorder, behavioral disorder, or some combination of these categories.