Central Ohio Region

Children’s Hospital Behavioral Health Services

Columbus, Ohio

Children’s Hospital Behavioral Health Services (CHBHS) aims to deliver flexible, community-based mental health services to children, adolescents, and families. Consistent with this mission, particular efforts are directed to the development and delivery of school-based mental health services. Planning and development of programs is sometimes undertaken by program staff working alone and sometimes through partnerships with other agencies. For example, CHBHS staff has long provided school-based mental health services to pupils attending the Clearbrook School, an SBH-specific program operated by the Columbus Public Schools. The program’s partnership efforts include the successful Care Connection Project, a collaborative consisting of CHBHS, the Columbus Public Schools, North Central Mental Health Services, and St. Vincent’s Family Centers. The program was determined to have been successful in reducing disciplinary incidents in targeted schools during the 1999-2000 school year. Reading skills and mathematics skills also improved for the children receiving services. Working relationships have also been established with suburban districts in communities surrounding Columbus.

Additional information about the program is available at http://www.childrenscolumbus.com. 

Contact:
Linda Maxwell
School-Based Team Leader
Children’s Behavioral Health Services
899 E. Broad St., 3rd Floor
Columbus, Ohio 43205
(614) 221-9922 office
(614) 221-9523 fax
Email: maxwelll@chi.osu.edu