PROGRAMS AND LOCATIONS

Star View Community Services

Star View Community Services provides programs for children, adolescents, and transitional age youth (TAY) who face emotional, behavioral, and learning challenges and have difficulty succeeding in family or community living environments. An experienced staff of psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, mental health specialists, parent partners, and other counselors provide case management, mental health care, and a range of support services in schools, homes or other community settings.

Our program operates throughout Los Angeles County and is housed in four separate locations that reflect the unique needs of four specific Service Areas (SAs): SA 8 — Long Beach/South Bay; SA 6 — South Los Angeles, and SA 4 — Downtown Los Angeles/Highland Park/Hollywood. Our dedicated teams work collaboratively and in partnership with family members, school administrators and faculty, county social workers, case managers, probation officers, and other agencies. For contacts, see below:

Star View Community Services provides the following range of programs and services:

• Full Service Partnership (FSP) — provided through Mental Health Services Act funding. Through a “do-whatever-it-takes” approach, Star View Community Services provides children and TAY, along with their families, a wide range of services and supports.
  
  
• School-based Programs — including consultations, interventions, counseling and after-school group services. We coordinate with districts and local school personnel to achieve effective referrals and support services for children with serious emotional and/or behavioral problems. Read about our school-based services.
  
  
• Evidence-based and Evidence-informed Practices
  Evidence-based Practices (EBPs) are those interventions and supports that have research documenting their effectiveness. Evidence-informed practices are also research-supported but do not yet have the body of rigorous clinical evidence that distinguishes EBPs:
  • Aggression Replacement Training (ART) — a structured, psycho-educational intervention primarily for adolescents with or are at-risk of aggressive/antisocial behavior. It includes three structured interventions — Skillstreaming, Anger Control Training, and Moral Reasoning Training.
  • Structured Psychotherapy for Adolescents Responding to Chronic Stress (SPARCS) — based on three empirically validated interventions that were adapted to address topics relevant to adolescents exposed to chronic trauma. Either a group or individualized intervention, SPARCS is designed for youth ages 13-21.
  • Functional Family Therapy (FFT) — a home-based intervention that focuses on building family relationships. FFT is designed for youth ages 11-18 years with a history of juvenile justice involvement, violence, substance abuse and/or delinquency.
  • Multi-Systemic Therapy (MST) — a home-based intervention that is similar to FFT. MST has proven effective with youth ages 12-18 years with chronic delinquency, out-of-home placements, and negative peer influences.
  • Incredible Years (IY) — a psycho-educational group curriculum using videotapes, modeling, role playing, among other techniques. IY is designed for children with a variety of behavior and learning problems
  • Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) — a clinic- or home-based psychotherapy model for youth ages four-18 years. TF-CBT is designed for youth with behavioral or emotional problems related to trauma.

• System of Care (SOC) Program — a comprehensive array of community-based services focused on permanency planning. Our SOC program is child-centered, family-focused, and culturally competent. Facilitating a smooth transition among agencies, our dedicated staff provides youth and adolescents individualized service planning in the least restrictive setting.
  
  
• Other Programs and Services
  • Case Management
  • Central Juvenile Hall services program
  • Co-occurring disorder/dual diagnosis programs (for drug and alcohol related problems)
  • PRIDE (Promoting Respect in Dating Experiences) program, which teaches respectful interactions with the opposite sex

• Therapeutic Behavioral Services — provided to qualifying youngsters who need additional guidance and support. Skilled mental health staff members work with the youngsters on a one-to-one basis, helping them avoid placement in a more restrictive, higher level of care and assisting them in transitioning to lower levels of care.
  
  
• Wraparound — See our TEAMMATES Program

Employee Satisfaction Survey

Each year, all staff programs complete anonymous Employee Satisfaction Surveys. The entire management team carefully reviews survey results to identify areas where we are successful in making our agency a great place to work, as well as to identify areas for improvement. By using the same survey each year, we can measure our success and focus our efforts on continually improving our work environment.

For a selection of results from a recent Employee Satisfaction Survey for Star View Community Services, see Our Staff.