About Carolyn Wylie Center for Children – Youth and Families – Riverside
Carolyn Wylie Center for Children – Youth and Families is a non profit organization located in Riverside, California. They offer a variety of public services for people in crisis. They have an outreach program that offers intervention for substance use disorder as well as education about drug use. They have a 24 hour helpline for mental health crises of all kinds.
This company offers group and individual counseling to kids who are under 18 years old. They often work with children who have either been expelled or suspended. Drug related crimes are one of the major reasons that kids get expelled from school.
They have a Probation Partnership Program which offers education on various substances. The classes they provide on tobacco teach kids how smoking affects their daily lives and their physical and mental development. It also teaches them how smoking will affect them in the future.
The drug and alcohol education classes teach kids how drugs affect their ability to make decisions as well as the effect of drugs on their body. It teaches them how substance use affects those around them.
They offer classes about issues that are often the offshoot of drug use such as anger management. They teach basic life skills such as how to write a resume and get a job. They also teach kids how to make a budget and live off of it.
Former clients say the staff is helpful and works well with children. They say that the company will help you find peer support groups and inpatient care if it is necessary.
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