School-Based Health Services
Bladen County Day Treatment & School-Based Counseling
Coastal Horizons Center operates two Day Treatment Program in conjunction with Bladen County School System. These programs are located at Elizabethtown Primary School and Elizabethtown Middle School. These programs serve as part of a multidisciplinary team with family, students, educators, and other mental health providers to ensure success in achieving goals set out by the student’s Individualized Education Plan (IEP) and Person-Centered Plan (PCP). Students are taught positive problem-solving skills through Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and appropriate social interaction skills by interacting with and role-modeling by all staff. Day Treatment is available for Kindergarten through 8th grade students year round. Juvenile Crime Prevention Council funding also allows for the evidence based Aggression Replacement Training (ART) group therapy to occur in local middle and high schools. School-Based Outpatient services are also offered in many of the Bladen County Schools. All programs can receive referrals from school personnel, community partners, or self-referral.
Brunswick County School System
Coastal Horizons has been contracted to provide school-based mental health services for several years in all Brunswick County schools. Each school has one designated therapist that is an active participant with student support services to ensure the holistic needs of the student are addressed. Students are able to receive individual counseling as well as group services in many schools. In many situations, County funding is able to assist in meeting counseling needs. Juvenile Crime Prevention Council funding also allows for the evidence based Aggression Replacement Training (ART) group therapy to occur in local middle and high schools. Referrals for school-based counseling in this county are determined by school administrators.
Columbus County Schools
Coastal Horizons has been contracted to provide school-based mental health services in many of the Columbus County schools. Each school has a designated therapist that is an active participant with student support services to ensure the holistic needs of the student are addressed. Students are able to receive individual counseling as well as group services in many schools. Referrals for school-based counseling in this county are determined by school administrators.
Lake Forest Academy Day Treatment
Coastal Horizons Center’s Lake Forest Academy Day Treatment Program in conjuction with New Hanover County School System acts as part of a multidisciplinary team with family, students, educators, and other mental health providers to ensure success in achieving goals set out by the student’s Individualized Education Plan (IEP) and Person-Centered Plan (PCP). Students are taught positive problem-solving skills through Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and appropriate social interaction skills by interacting with and role-modeling by all staff. Day Treatment is available for Kindergarten through 8th grade students year round. Referrals can come from any community partners or self-referral.
Pender County School System
Coastal Horizons has been providing school based mental health services since 2012 in Pender County. Therapists are available at eleven of the local public schools offering individual counseling. Referrals are identified by school personnel, and families can often self-refer. Aggression Replacement Training (ART) is offered at local high schools, funded by local Juvenile Crime Prevention Council funds. In 2015, Coastal Horizons was selected by Pender Alliance for Total Health (PATH) to provide mental health and behavioral services at their three school-based health centers to ensure integrated health services. Please call our Pender County office at 910-622-3035 to schedule services for your student or child, or visit out web site at pathhealth.org for more information.
Wilmington Health Access for Teens
School-based health care is widely considered one of the most cost-effective strategies for delivering integrated health care, including mental health and prevention services, to adolescents – an often hard-to-reach population with many diverse health needs. Services are convenient – located on school campus – affordable and confidential, minimizing many of the barriers to health care access for students, such as scheduling, transportation and financial hurdles. Coastal Horizons provides mental health, substance use, and prevention services in several schools throughout the county, and primary care services on 4 high school campuses, via Coastal's Wilmington Health Access for Teens (WHAT). For more information about the comprehensive services of WHAT of Coastal Horizons, please check out our website at www.whatwilmington.org, or view our video on YouTube or Vimeo.