WHAT WE DO?
Pathways Clinic is the clinical wing of Pathways Foundation Kovai. We support parents, caregivers and communities to have the necessary knowledge, resources, confidence and skills to support their own wellbeing and raise resilient, emotionally healthy children and young people. At Pathways Clinic we provide mental health assessment and treatment for infants, children and young people up to the age of 25 and their families
Assessment and treatment program:
For developmental, emotional and behavioural issues from newborns to young people aged 25.
What is the usual Assessment process?
- Children and young people can be self-referred or referred by doctors or teachers.
- When a referral is made a clinician from Pathways Clinic will contact you for further details following which an Initial Consultation will be offered to the child/young person and the family.
- Initial Consultation will include meeting the child, adolescent or young person, family members or support persons, separately and together. Depending on the outcome further investigations maybe required.
- A collaborative treatment plan will be made after completion of assessment.
How do we help?
- We help by understanding your problems, getting to know your strengths and needs.
- We provide information to you about your mental health and ideas about how to make things better.
- We provide a treatment program specific to your needs.
- We also offer medication if needed.
- A range of individual and group therapies.
- Parent work and family work.
- Practical advice regarding education or employment.
Other Programs We Offer
- Pathways to Effective Parenting (PEP) course to parents to help improve parenting skills.
- Nurturing Young Minds program for children to promote good mental health.
- We also consult to and collaborate with schools, other agencies and private providers to improve young people’s mental health and wellbeing outcomes.
- We offer a range of community seminars for professionals and public.