Comprehensive Adolescent Rehabilitation and Education Service
The Comprehensive Adolescent Rehabilitation and Education Service (CARES) provides a wide range of services to address issues interfering with optimal functioning for teens and young adults. Our safe and therapeutic school environment helps New York City public high school students whose previous learning has been limited by emotional and behavioral difficulties. We provide a full range of targeted and integrated services for mental health and substance use, and our accomplished clinicians have expertise in the unique developmental needs of adolescents and young adults.
Youth interested in CARES will first engage in a comprehensive evaluation. Based on their motivation and readiness to make changes in their lives, the most appropriate Level of CARES will be recommended, and an individualized treatment program will be designed. CARES is composed of two tracks: CARES Academy and UPRISE:
CARES Academy is an intensive outpatient treatment program that incorporates academic services through NYC Department of Education, to create a safe and therapeutic school for NYC public high school students. It is designed for those teens who require a significant level of structure and skill building to turn their lives around, but who live in their community. CARES Academy provides multidisciplinary, daily therapeutic services including individual (2x/wk), group (5x/wk), milieu (daily), family (1x/wk), and pharmacological treatments. Treatment framework is based on the principles of Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and also integrates MET, CBT, Psychodynamic, and Family Systems approaches.
UPRISE (Use Prevention Recovery Intervention Services & Education) is an integrated, multidimensional program that offers a wide range of services to students enrolled at Judith S. Kaye High School and/or CoOp Tech who are interested in receiving treatment for substance use issues along with mental health concerns. UPRISE offers drop-in/brief services, psychoeducation, individual therapy, supportive counseling, group therapy, family therapy, medication management, milieu therapy, and services for significant others.
Learn about our core team here, and our application form can be downloaded here.
Therapeutic Elements
CARES provides multidisciplinary therapeutic services to students whose emotional and/or behavioral difficulties have interfered with their success at school. The CARES clinical staff works together as a team to create an individualized treatment plan for each student. All services are provided in-person or by video telehealth.
The treatment plan components include the following:
- Individual, family, and group therapy
- Medication management
- Substance use prevent and treatment
- Milieu therapy
- Crisis management
- Life skills training
- Community meetings