Northern Pines Mental Health Center

Early Childhood Mental Health Services

Mental health services for young children and their families

Description

Mental health services that can support healthy parenting when either the caregiver or the child is affected by emotional or behavioral concerns. For caregivers, this may be a history of postpartum depression, trauma, anxiety, other mental illness, or substance use. For young children, this may be challenging behaviors, trouble with eating or sleeping, tantrums, or other emotional or behavioral problems.

These services are especially important for young children or parents/caregivers who have experienced trauma, such as abuse, neglect, violence, or other stressful or scary events in life.

Additional Information

Offers assessment and therapeutic treatment for children birth to age 5 years old.

Service options may include:

• Diagnostic assessment
• Play therapy
• Relational therapy
• Incredible Years parent training
• Child-parent psychotherapy
• Family skills or therapy
• Mental Health Behavior Aide
• Referrals for occupational therapy or physical therapy
• Special Education referrals
• Care Coordination

About This Location

Services are provided by professionals that are trained and supported by the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) in evidence-based (proven) ways of assessing and treating early childhood and family mental health concerns. Professionals have specialty training to address trauma, emotional or behavioral concerns of babies, toddlers, and young children.

Features

• Area Served by County
  • Aitkin County
  • Cass County
  • Crow Wing County
  • Morrison County
  • Todd County
  • Wadena County

• Specialization
  • Mental health

Eligibility

Children age birth - five years of age and their caregivers, with a focus on uninsured and underinsured families

Fee

Services can be billed through insurance and through the early childhood mental health grant