- Hackensack Public Schools
- Special Services
- Parent/Guardian Resources
Parent/Guardian Resources
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Parent- Guardian Resources
RESOURCE LIST
COUNSELING SERVICES
60
(201) 996-3690
-Outpatient counseling services for adolescents and children
-Call for fee information
Latin American Institute
(201) 525-1700
-Outpatient counseling for children and families/Parenting skills
-Sliding scale fee
(201) 967-4000
-Inpatient and outpatient psychiatric services for children
and families.
Jewish Family Services of Bergen County, Inc
(201) 837-9090
-Individual and family therapy for children and adults.
-Sliding scale fee
Compcare (Comprehensive Behavioral Healthcare)
(201) 646-0333
-Individual counseling for children, family counseling, information and referral, adolescent partial hospitalization.
-Sliding scale fee
RESOURCES FOR PARENTS
Parents Anonymous
127 Route 206 South,
1-800-843-5437
-Self-help organization for parents who are under stress and want to improve their relationship with their children.
-No fee
Family Support Group @ the Society of United Resources for Community Enrichment
(Community
1 West Plaza
Glen
(201) 670-4673
-Director: Jean Baker Wunder
-Confidential parent support group.
-No fee
National Parent Network on Disabilities
(202) 463-2299
Statewide Parent Advocacy Network (SPAN)
1-800-654-7726
-Coordinates parent training and telephone information services. Information packet/fact sheets related to education law and advocacy.
-Fees only for publications.
Strengthening
-Locations vary
201-488-8680 ext 104
Director: Kim Mapp ( kmapp@tcadr.org )
-SBF is designed to build on the strengths of youth, ages 6-11, and their families.
-SBF runs for 14 weeks, providing families with a meal and various incentives for completing all 14 weeks. The hours are from 5:30pm-8:00pm.
CRISIS INTERVENTION
Children’s Mobile Response and Stabilization System
-Services available to
-Mobile outreach throughout
-Purpose is to reduce the need for out-of-home placement and prevent unnecessary hospitalizations.
Director: Gary Kreielsheimer
1-877-652-7624
Vantage Health System
201-262-4357 (HELP)
-Comprehensive mental health services which include outpatient care for all ages.
-Fees: Third party insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, sliding scale.
SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS
100
973-977-4004
-DDD provides case management, residential services and various family supports that help both people with developmental disabilities and their families.
-State and federally funded.
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR)
(201) 996-8970
-Training and job placement for handicapped and disabled individuals.
COSAC (NJ Center for Outreach and Services for the Autism Community)
1-800-428-8476
(609) 883-8100
Director: Nancy C. Richardson
-Information and referral, short term emergency care, advocacy, parent education, professional education, lectures and workshops, and support groups.
-No fee for services, fees for membership
CH.A.D.D (Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders)
1-800-233-4050
-Support group and referral services for children and adults with ADD or ADHD.
Center for Food Action
First Street and
201-883-9375
-Center provides foods to residents in need and has applications for the NJ Shares Program which will give emergency assistance with utility bills.
216 Route 17 North, Building A
Rochelle
201-368-4200
-Administration of assistance to dependent children, home energy assistance, medically needy program, and residential health care facilities are provided without regard to income.
SUPPORT FOR ILLNESS AND GRIEF
201-342-7766
-Appropriate support group for any child between the ages of 4 and 18 who has experienced the death of a significant person in their life.
-Fee is $50 donation for the first child and $25 for each additional child.
Gilda’s Club,
201-457-1670
-A supportive community for individuals and families whose lives have been affected by cancer. Some features of Gilda’s Club are lectures, informative workshops, yoga classes and social gatherings.
-www.gildasclubnj.com
201-444-5600 X331
-Peer support program for children whose families have been altered by death, divorce, or other loss.
INFORMATION AND REFERRAL SERVICES
HELPLINE
(201) 343-6543
-Official information and referral service of
-No fee
1-800-367-6274
-Information and referral related to finding local self-help groups for specific illnesses, addictions, bereavement, parenting, etc.
AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS
YMCA of Greater
(201) 487-6600
info@ymcagbc.org
-Further details available at each elementary school.
Children’s After-School Treatment Services (C.A.T.S.)
(201) 336-7358
-Three days per week (3:30-5:30).
-Offered to school aged children. The students will take part in a treatment program designed to improve social skills.
-C.A.T.S. Program Coordinator: Doreen Greco, LCSW, LCADC
-No fee
The Intergenerational After-School Program
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Senior Center, Inc.
(201) 343-8009
-3:15-5:00, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays
-Executive Director: Victoria E. Taylor
-Fourth graders only
(201)-342-4280
-3:00-5:00, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays
-Supervisor: Marcella Davis
-Grade 2 and Grade 3 students only
Institute for Child Development (ICD)
Director: Randye F. Huron, MD
(201) 996-5200
-Diagnostic/treatment center for infants and children with developmental disabilities, communication and learning disorders.
-Therapies offered are speech-language, aural rehabilitation, classes for communication handicapped; early intervention parent-training; preschool programs; outpatient head trauma follow-up program; augmentative communication laboratory; neurobehavioral program and summer school programs.
-Call for fee information.
