Adult Services
This is available to individuals who are experiencing difficulties and impaired functioning in handling life’s challenges. You will work one on one with a licensed professional focusing on identified treatment goals.
Healing doesn’t have to happen alone. CAYA Collaborative Care offers group therapy services for a variety of concerns and populations. Groups provide opportunities for support, skill-building, and connection with others facing similar experiences.
Psychiatric services are available to individuals needing an evaluation and monitoring for psychotropic medication. A referral from your assigned therapist is required to access psychiatric services. Psychiatric services are provided by psychiatrists and APRN staff.
This service is available to adult clients who are identified with a serious mental illness and are in need of additional support, such as accessing medical, social, educational, or other services essential to meet basic human needs, while remaining independent in the community. A referral from your assigned therapist is required to access this service.
SMI Supported Employment is available to adult clients identified with a severe mental illness. This service assists individuals in finding and maintaining meaningful employment in their communities. For additional information or to apply for SMI Supported Employment, please contact the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation by calling 270-886-5163 Ext 2282.
ACT is an intensive form of services delivery for adults with SMI who have needs that have not been met well with traditional services. ACT is a team-based approach to delivering comprehensive and flexible treatment, support, and services. The ACT Team shares one case load and each team member has regular contact with the clients. The goal of ACT is to provide frequent, often times daily, contact with clients to assist them in living independently, outside of a personal care home or psychiatric hospital, while achieving and maintaining stability and avoiding hospitalizations.
Crisis Stabilization Programs provide prompt and accessible interventions on a least-restrictive basis to adults and children who meet the criteria for emergent or urgent behavioral health needs. Crisis focuses on stabilizing the client and restoring him/her to pre-crisis or improved levels of functioning while remaining in the local community, whenever possible.
Peer Support Specialists are individuals who have had significant, life-altering experiences in areas such as behavioral health, substance use, domestic abuse, etc. Because of their life experiences and being in recovery, Peer Support Specialists have expertise to help their peers gain hope and move forward in their own recovery.
Autism Services provides evidence-based screening, assessment, and treatment for individuals on the autism spectrum. The program offers meaningful, individualized support to help participants become successful, engaged members of the community. Services include autism screening and diagnostic testing, parent consultations focused on behavior management and positive behavior supports, and individual skill-building sessions to enhance communication, self-advocacy, self-regulation, and daily living skills. Additional offerings include family therapy, care coordination, seasonal social skills groups, and parent groups. Autism Services can also assist individuals and families with referrals to other relevant services, resources, and programs in the community, such as rehabilitative therapies and waiver programs.
Referrals may be made by individuals and families, healthcare providers, mental health clinicians, DCBS, FRYSC, case managers, or other community organizations.
To connect with the Autism Services program directly, call (270) 886-0486. Referrals for current CAYA Collaborative Care clients can be emailed to autismservices@pennyroyalcenter.org. If you are a new client, please contact RESPOND to enroll with CAYA Collaborative Care and schedule your intake appointment today.
Prior to receiving treatment services (excluding parent groups) through Autism Services, a comprehensive diagnostic report supporting an Intellectual and/or Developmental Disability (I/DD) diagnosis must be obtained through Autism Services or another agency.
“Psychosis” is a broad term that covers many different symptoms and experiences such as hallucinations, feeling overwhelmed by sensory information, difficulty filtering stimulation, delusions, confused thinking or speech, or difficulty doing ordinary things.
Child Services
The Children’s Crisis Unit provides 24/7 emergency assessments and can provide a brief crisis-related residential stay for children ages 5-17 if needed.
We provide quality behavioral health services to our clients in the form of mental health therapy for children who are experiencing mental illness, substance use, or behavior problems. Mental health services consist of individual, family, and group therapy as appropriate and clinically necessary. Services are provided in a variety of settings including the clinic, home, and school.
This is service coordination for children who are identified as severely emotionally disabled and need assistance and support in accessing medical, social, educational and/or other services in the community. IMPACT serves children ages 3-21 and a psychiatric disorder by a behavioral health professional is required.
RYC is a group that serves youth in the KY IMPACT program from the ages of 13-18. RYC meets once a month for 2-3 hours. The group focuses on the development of independent living, skill development, peer support and mentoring, youth leadership, and community service. RYC is designed to help youth build character and relationships, learn coping skills and develop into self-reliant adults.
KY IMPACT provides support and education through One-on-One Parent Support. Yearly weekend parent retreats and family fun events are offered to provide educational, skill building and supportive activities. We have two types of parent support: Family Liaison and Family Peer Support Specialist. Both work with the families on a weekly basis.
Services provided by our Behavior Specialist for children ages 0 to 5 who are experiencing behavior issues and meet the criteria for Medicaid eligibility.
We have various clinicians who are assigned to specific schools as their primary worksite and work a schedule that parallels the school calendar in the county where they are assigned. In addition to providing individual, family, and group therapy, clinicians can also provide consultation, collaboration, and advocacy for clients when appropriate.
Involves planned therapeutic and mentoring activities structured around meeting individualized goals developed by the service team. Services occur in the home, community, clinic, and schools. Example activities include, but are not limited to: social skills training, crisis coping skills, enhancing emotional regulation skills, and anger management skills, just to name a few. Community support wraparound can also provide in-home support and/or parental education for the child’s caregiver as prescribed by the service team.
The Early Childhood Mental Health Program is a community resource available to child care centers, families, and community partners that works to improve the childhood experience of children ages birth-5 by addressing their social, emotional, and relational needs. The Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist provides assessments of the mental health needs of children who may or may not be in a child care setting. Therapeutic services are provided to children and their families in the home, in the office, and child care centers. Outreach and instructional programs to caregivers and families through public and private child care centers and other groups are also provided. The Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist can also provide training hours for child care center staff.