Ellipsis

When circumstances dictate a child can no longer stay in their own home, the Residential Care programs at Ellipsis provide opportunities for healing and growth within an appropriate and enriching environment.

Each provides a focused, sustained and committed effort to meeting needs as determined by each youth’s individual care plan, with the goal of establishing the skills and mindsets needed to return to their homes, or to transition to supervised living situations.

Group Foster Care/QRTP offers 24-hour care and services to youth whose behavioral and/or emotional problems have necessitated removal from the home environment. QRTP provides living experiences that are conducive to growth and development, including role modeling and social and life skills development.

Neurodevelopmental and Comorbid Conditions is designed for youth who have struggled in prior settings due to a combination of lower cognitive function, developmental delays, and serious behavioral and emotional concerns.

Young adults working toward self-sufficiency and who are unable to return to a home setting can participate in Ellipsis’ Transitional and Independent Living programs.
Providing various degrees of autonomy along with an ongoing support network from Ellipsis staff, these programs provide less structure than Residential Care and are reserved for those who have demonstrated an ability and desire to rejoin their local community.

Individuals aged 16–18 years have access to two independent living settings through Supervised Apartment Living (SAL). Following group care or SAL, participants may be asked to join our Preparation for Adult Living (PAL) program. Youth, in addition to building successful strategies for successful everyday living, can continue to receive basic/daily living services, life skills training, therapy, psychiatric/psychological care, educational/recreational services, health care, religious/cultural services and other specialized services.

Preventing the removal of a child from a caring home is paramount to our charge of empowering individuals and families to lead healthy, successful lives. The goal of our prevention and diversion programs is to help kids and families overcome a serious emotional difficulty, and to do so in-home through whole-family therapy and community support services.
Crisis diversion interventions focus on children’s safety, permanency and well-being. Services address immediate problems or de-escalate situations with the intent to keep families together and avoid a child’s removal from the family home.
Therapy Services include assessments and behavioral health therapy services for youth/families dealing with a mental health diagnosis. Treatment assists individuals with addressing emotions, behaviors and functioning issues in their daily lives.
Student/Employee Assistance Program (Johnston Schools) assists students, employees and families to manage issues so they can be healthy and successful.

When kids and families face a seemingly insurmountable behavioral health problem, Ellipsis provides specialized care, counseling and therapeutic support that seeks to understand the root of the concern, address it and establish healthy responses for preventing reoccurrence after treatment is offered.

Behavioral Health Intervention Services (BHIS) provides skill development services to youth and their families dealing with a mental health diagnosis. Support areas include conflict resolution, problem solving, social skills, interpersonal relationships, communication, cognitive flexibility, emotional vocabulary and emotional regulation.

Integrated Health Home (IHH) serves Medicaid-eligible youth with a mental health diagnosis. IHH brings together mental, physical and social health services in a three-person team that includes a nurse, a care coordinator and a family peer support specialist who provide flexible support focused on individual and family strengths, needs and comfort level.