MHS TBS - San Bernardino

Service Area: MHS’ TBS San Bernardino serves the East Valley, Central Valley and West Valley of San Bernardino County.

Our Therapeutic Behavioral Services (TBS) program is designed to provide help and support to children, youth and young adults (up to age 21) who exhibit moderate to severe behavioral problems and are having difficulty maintaining their current placement. Current placement may be a family or foster home, shelter, group home, transitional living program or other community settings. Services are designed to assist clients and caregivers in acquiring the behavior management strategies and coping skills needed to maintain current level of placement or to transition successfully to a lower level of care. 

TBS is designed to provide help and support to each client. We assign a trained Therapeutic Behavioral Coach for an agreed upon number of hours per week. The coach assists the client and caregiver with the development of structure and new learning experiences that promote pro-social and healthy behaviors, as well as providing support in gaining new life skills.

Our program’s services are intended to assist clients and caregivers in acquiring the behavior management strategies and coping skills needed to maintain current level of placement or to transition successfully to a lower level of care.

Eligibility:
 
The client must meet the following requirements:

1. Full scope Medi-Cal beneficiary under the age of 21
2. Must also be currently receiving specialty mental health services

Also the client must meet ONE of the following requirements:
A. Placed in a group home/Residential Treatment Center (RTC, RCL 12 or above)
B. Being considered for placement in a group home/RTC RCL 12 or above
C. At least one emergency psychiatric hospitalization related to the current presenting disability within the past 24 months, or is currently at risk for hospitalization
D. Previously received behavioral services through TBS

About Our Treatment Team:  Especially noteworthy are the children and families of TBS who serve to inspire our daily actions on a daily basis and fill us with hope that there is a brighter future for children in San Bernardino County.

Our TBS Staff bring a sense of mission and energy to the delivery of care that is unrivaled in the industry. The treatment team members, or clinical staff of TBS San Bernardino, are dedicated to providing the quality of care services with integrity and excellence. The passion and dedication that each Case Manager and Coach provides in the service delivery of TBS in San Bernardino inspires us every day. Our TBS Team is passionate about working with families and improving their lives through creative behavior management strategies.

Our Behavioral Coaching staff has many creative ideas that are a result of their willingness and desire to be innovative in serving our clients and families. This innovation is consistently inspired by those clients and families who have the courage to change and develop and apply new adaptive behavioral strategies in their homes.

Cultural and Language Competency Committee
 
At TBS San Bernardino, we have a designated team that is comprised of Behavioral Coaching staff responsible for ensuring that our program remains culturally competent and sensitive. We currently have several Behavioral Coaches who are bilingual.

AWARDS

Contract Agency of the Year
May 2008

Mental Health Systems, Inc. TBS San Bernardino was awarded Contract Agency of the year by the County of San Bernardino Department of Behavioral Health for providing outstanding services for the County of San Bernardino.

"SAN BERNARDINO, CA – May, 2008 – Mental Health System’s Inc.’s (MHS) Therapeutic Behavioral Services (TBS) program has been recognized by the San Bernardino County Department of Behavioral Health for its success in serving the needs of children with psychiatric diagnosis and behavioral problems. TBS received the award for County Contract Program of the Year at the May 14 Evening with the Stars awards dinner in San Bernardino."

Outstanding Service Award
April 1, 2008

MHS Therapeutic Behavioral Services San Bernardino was honored for their assistance with the 2007 Wildfire Disaster Recovery. In 2007, Wildfires devastated San Bernardino County. More than half of MHS TBS San Bernardino staff volunteered their time to provide assistance to those who were displaced due to the wildfires by working at relief shelters set up at the Orange Show in San Bernardino.

Faye E. Herrmann, LMFT
September 12, 2008
"I would want the parents to know when everything is said and done, that TBS is a great service that's really worth trying because they can learn so much in a short amount of time and get some services for their child that're going to have a long-term impact."

Faye E. Herrmann, LMFT
Clinic Supervisor
County of San Bernardino
Department of Behavioral Health