Parent Education Training

Trainined clinical professionals conduct educational training groups in English and Spanish to teach parenting skills and increase parental effectiveness.

Substance Abuse Services

Caring professionals offer assessment, treatment, education, and referral services to clients and their families who struggle with drug and alcohol abuse or dependency with a focus on long-term recovery.

Major funding for services provided by Kern County Mental Health System of Care.

Foster Family Agency

In January 2007, the Child Guidance Clinic opened the Child Guidance Clinic Foster Family Agency in an effort to provide Kern County children removed from their parents, with a stable, loving home environment where they can grow. Through our Clinic, caring professionals provide supportive counseling services to assist children and families with this difficult transition and remain supportive throughout their duration in foster care. For more information on this program or on becoming a foster parent, please call us.

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Community-Based Services

Our mental health professionals provide counseling and case mangement services to children and families in their homes, on school campuses, and at other designated locations within he community. Through outreach consultation services, Clinic staff provides mental health education and training to teachers, school administrators, agencies, service, groups and the general public.

Delano Clinic

The Delano Satellite office provides Outpatient Services for residents of the Delano, McFarland and Pond areas.

Early Intervention Program*

Targeting children ages 0-5, the Early Intervention Program (EIP) provides an array of services designed to reduce emotional and behavioral problems in young children and improve parenting skills by strengthening the attchment between parents and their children.

*This program is sponsored by First 5 of Kern County, funded by proposition 10.

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Early Intervention Program]

"Major funding for these 
programs and services is provided by the Kern County Mental Health System of Care."

Outpatient Services

Our outpatient program serves children up to age 18 who exhibit emotional, behavioral, or substance abuse related problems. Services included individual, family, and group therapy as well as crisis stabilization, if needed.

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.Other Services