Crisis Intervention, Children and Adolescents

New River Valley Community Services provides Crisis Intervention services are provided to children and adolescents who are in a behavioral health or emotional crisis. Services help stabilize their mood and behavior in order to prevent hospitalization or any other disruption in the child’s environment. The child or adolescent must meet specific criteria to receive services and a parent or guardian must be willing to participate in treatment in most cases.



Crisis Services staff provide crisis intervention and case management services for a two to four week period of time, during which the child or adolescent and family are referred to appropriate community resources to help deal with underlying issues and stressors. Children and adolescents referred to crisis services must first be staffed with a supervisor and deemed appropriate for crisis services.