At NET we believe that people have inherent strengths and with support, guidance, quality treatment and access to additional community resources, youth, families and individuals can overcome significant challenges. NET provides a continuum of trauma informed care designed to promote resiliency. We offer site-based therapy; home, school and community-based treatment; intensive family therapy on site or home-based; and site or home-based services to address the specific needs of children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). In all levels of care the treatment team collaborates with other systems and services that are being provided to assure an integrated and comprehensive approach to care.
- School-Based Therapeutic Services (STS)
- Philadelphia Autism Center for Excellence (PACE)
- Family-Based Programs
- Outpatient Therapy
- Integrated Community Wellness Center
- Behavioral Health Rehabilitation Services (BHRS)
- SafeTogether Program
School-Based Therapeutic Services (STS)
Group and individual therapy as well as individual behavioral support is provided to students in the public or charter school setting. Students are referred by their home school. NET provides these behavioral health services in six Philadelphia elementary and middle schools, including Ludlow, Juanita Park Academy (JPA), DeBurgos, Dunbar, Ben Franklin Elementary, and Stearne.
For more information or to make a referral, call 215-408-4962.
Philadelphia Autism Center for Excellence (PACE)
NET is one of only three agencies designated by Community Behavioral Health as a Philadelphia Autism Center for Excellence (PACE). PACE includes an array of services for children diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder and their families, including diagnostic and level of care evaluations, outpatient services and social skills groups, autism specific behavioral consultation, mobile therapy, and one-to one behavioral support through Behavioral Health rehabilitation Services (BHRS) after-school and summer therapeutic programming, resource connection, and parent training.
Parent of child in the PACE Program
”For more information or to make a referral, call 215-408-4962.
Family-Based Programs
This program uses a team-based approach in which clinicians provide intensive behavioral health treatment and case management support to all members of the family in home, school, and community settings. The family-based program focuses on the family as a system and how the system affects the identified child of concern.
Parent in Family-Based Programs
”For more information or to make a referral, call 215-408-4962.
Outpatient Therapy
Therapists provide both individual and family therapy and, if needed, psychiatric assessment and medication management. Specialized treatment is offered for youth and adults who have experienced abuse, neglect, violence and other traumatic life events. Our staff are also trained to provide evidence-based trauma treatment to children between the ages of 2 and 5 as well as their parents and caregivers.
For more information or to make a referral, call 215-408-4980.
Integrated Community Wellness Center
NET Centers operates an Integrated Community Wellness Center (ICWC) at our Spring Garden location. As such, the Outpatient Mental Health services, Intensive Outpatient (Addictions Services) and Outpatient (Addictions Services) offered at this location are enhanced as part of the ICWC. The ICWC is a pilot program being implemented in partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) and Community Behavioral Health (CBH).
The program is designed to integrate behavioral health with physical health care, increase consistent use of evidence-based practices, and improve access to high quality care. In addition to quality mental health and/or substance use disorder treatment NET offers at the Spring Garden site, enhanced supports include same day access as needed; access to a physical health screen; care coordination with physical health and other community providers; access to case management and peer supports as needed; and improved coordination of care with an array of community partners.
To access services, call 215-408-4980.
Behavioral Health Rehabilitation Services (BHRS)
Also referred to as “wraparound”, BHRS services are provided to children whose behavior is seriously impacting their ability to function well in the home, school and community setting. An assessment is done to determine what services are needed and to determine that the youth’s needs cannot be met in an outpatient setting. Services consist of individualized levels of behavioral consultation, mobile therapy, and goal- directed one-to-one behavior support.
For more information or to make a referral, call 215-408-4962
SafeTogether Program
As many as 70% of parents living with a mental illness in the United States lose custody of their children. SafeTogether, a collaborative pilot program between Child & Family Connections, Inc. and NET Centers, teaches parents with a serious mental health illness how to create a customized, legally binding family plan that ensures a responsible adult is caring for the children in the home. The program is designed to reduce custody loss and decrease the risk of out-of-home placement by keeping children safe and in their home. The program also provides assurances that the parent is receiving effective and appropriate psychiatric care so the family can return to everyday functioning.
In SafeTogether workshops, parents establish an integrated support team of friends, family, and health professionals with defined roles and responsibilities. Children who are developmentally-appropriate are involved in aspects of the plan design and creation. Each family also receives individual coaching sessions to help them implement their plan.
For more information, call 215-408-4920.
SafeTogether is a collaboration between Child & Family Connections, Inc. and NorthEast Treatment Centers with funding from the Barra Foundation and support from our community partners: Community Legal Services, Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research at University of Pennsylvania, Department of Behavioral Health & Intellectual disAbility Services, Disability Rights Pennsylvania and the Mental Health Association in Pennsylvania.
