MHS Community and School Based Counseling Program provides mental health services to school age youth throughout North Central San Diego, including services on site at fifteen schools in the San Diego Unified School District. The program helps our clients reach their potential and achieve success in school, at home and in the community. We work with them toward specific goals, such as increasing school attendance, improving school performance, and decreasing any further school related problems. Our therapists meet regularly with teachers and/or school counselors to ensure effective communication and make certain that integrated services are provided.

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Program Services

Services are offered at school, in home, and in the community and they include:

Individual and family therapy
Case management
Referrals to community resources
Psychiatric/medication evaluation and monitoring
Bilingual services and available interpreters

For students enrolled at any of our 15 contracted schools, services can be provided on site at the school during school hours. All service can also be provided at our clinic, in the community, or in the home setting.

Eligibility Requirements

We serve children and adolescents in specified schools, ages 5 to 18 years old, with MediCal, or who are uninsured/underinsured, and who are struggling with:

Academic Success
Anxiety
Alcohol or other drug use
ADHD or Defiant/Oppositional behaviors
Depression
Emotional hardships
Other behavioral health needs meeting medical necessity

Referrals

Parents/guardians, community members, school counselors and teachers are asked to complete the one page SchoolLink Referral Form (with parental consent) and then fax the completed form to the MHS Community and School Based Counseling Program at (858) 278-3294; or submit an Online Referral Form.

More Information

For more information, or to receive additional referral forms, call the MHS Community and School Based Counseling Program office at: (858) 278-3292.

The CSBC Program also offers Field Placement for MSW and MFT students. For information and questions, please contact the program manager.

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This program is funded by the County of San Diego, Health and Human Services Agency, Behavioral Health Services.

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