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• ABS Announces Community Clinical Series
• ABS Positions for Greater Service Integration and New Growth
• First Home Care Shares Website for Foster Families

ABS LINCS Announces Community Clinical Series

ABS LINCS is reaching out to the community by offering a unique lecture series intended to provide in-depth information on a range of hot topics in the behavioral healthcare field.

On November 3, 2006, Lenard Lexier, M.D., Alana Hollings, PsyD., CSOTP, Chris Hummel, PsyD., CSOTP and Kim Lewis, LPC, CSOTP, will provide an overview of topics relevant to treating juvenile sex offenders and children with inappropriate sexual behavior. Presenters will address:

• Evidence Based and Promising Approaches for Adolescent Sexual Offenders

• Differences in Treating Male and Female Adolescents who have Sexually Offended

• Treating MR/DD Adolescent Sexual Offenders

• Community Based Interventions

• Assessment Issues

• Discharge Planning and the Continuum of Care

If you would like more information, please contact Phyllis Everette at (757) 474-3220.

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ABS Positions for Greater Service Integration and New Growth

We are eager to engage our employees and referral sources in a collaborative planning process which will result in a significant makeover of Alternative Behavioral Services in the upcoming months. Our primary objectives:

• to offer a more robust array of services, from community to residential, everywhere we operate, all of it integrated so clients can get what they need, when they need it;
• to organize our current programs, state by state, to be even more responsive to referral sources and families; and
• to provide staff with more job opportunities, as well as additional and diverse types of career-related learning opportunities.

In the process of achieving these objectives, there are many action steps we must take together. The ABS expansion is marked by an enhancement to our name. Changes are being made to begin doing business as ABS LINCS, which stands for Linking Individuals, Neighborhoods and Clinical Services. There will be an entity in each state where we have programs known as ABS LINCS VA, ABS LINCS PR, ABS LINCS TN, etc. With the emphasis on LINCS, we hope to rally our many stakeholders around a clinical thrust which ensures that each client we serve has maximum opportunity to gain from participation in family-focused, strength-based community programs. Establishing different regions under the ABS LINCS name will help further unify resources and support staff. The redefinition and reorganization will enhance the participation of all stakeholders in the family recovery process.

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First Home Care Shares Website for Foster Families

First Home Care’s new website, geared to providing additional resources for foster parents and youth, is up and running. The site features educational information on topics ranging from independent living skills to pursuing a GED and educational scholarships, selecting a college; career options and vocational skills programming. 

Parents accessing the website are offered parenting tips and behavioral strategies, as well as information on other First Home Care services and resources. Topics posted on the website also include the Cool Corner, a link that features recommended books, online games and hot spot issues including under age drinking, the effects of smoking and foster youth rights.

To visit the new First Home Care website: http://fhcweb.absfirst.com/

825 Crawford Pkwy, Portsmouth, VA 23704
Admissions: 1-877-227-7000  -  Admission Fax: 1-877-846-6237  -  Careers: 1-877-769-8939 - www.absfirst.com