About Us

Positive Growth, Inc. (PGI), Core Services Program under contract with the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Addictive Diseases (MHDDAD), provides mental health services to children, adolescent, adults and families throughout the Metro Atlanta Areas. PGI Core Services Program goal is to provide high quality and culturally competent services that are individualized and built on strengths. Our aim is to empower and support the people we serve to live self determined, productive and valued lives within the community. PG1 must ensure the necessary services and supports are provided to promote individual recovery from mental illness, reduce psychiatric hospitalization and out-of home-placement and build resiliency in children and youth to help them reach their full potential and assist in reunification from placement when applicable.

Our Mission

Positive Growth, Inc., Core Services Program seeks to provide services to support, empower and enable individuals, families and communities to be strengthened through professional community based-services that will enhance the health, safety and needs of the community.

Our Vision

The vision of our Core Services Program is to create a mental health delivery system with a continuum of mental health services that are culturally diverse. These services assure consumer empowerment, have a community focus, are cost-effective for the system and are integrated to serve the community as a whole, regardless of cultural or ethnic background.

Our Beliefs

• The system of care should be person-centered and family focused with the needs of the child, adolescent, adult, and family dictating the types and mix of services provided.
• The families and surrogate families of children and adolescents with mental health needs should be full participants in all aspects of the planning and delivery of services.
• Children, adolescents, and adults with mental health needs should receive services that are integrated, with linkages between child-serving agencies and programs and mechanisms for planning, developing and coordinating services.
• Children, adolescents, and adults with mental health needs should receive services within the least restrictive, most normative environment that is clinically' appropriate.
• Children, adolescents, and adults with mental health needs should receive individualized services in accordance with the unique needs and potentials of each child, and guided by an individualized service plan.
• The system of care should be culturally competent with agencies, programs and services that are responsive to the cultural, racial, and ethnic differences of the populations they serve.

Our Services

Our services are provided at homes, schools, neighborhood sites, or our office located in Clarkston. Georgia. Our school-based services are provided to all grade levels in the public and private schools. Children and adolescents involved in court and foster care systems also benefit from the various services provided to them and their families. Positive Growth Community Based Core Services clinical staff provides a wide array of services including:

• Diagnostic Assessments
• Individual therapy
• Family Therapy/Training
• Group Therapy/Training
• Parenting Classes
• Medication Management
• Community Support Intervention
• Social skill development
• Case management
• Social/Life Skills Training
• Crisis intervention and Brief Therapy
• Preventing out of home placement
• Risk assessment and management
• Multi-provider coordination
• Physician Assessment and Care
• Nursing Assessment
• Development of other community supports and outreach

School-based Prevention Counseling Services

The program serves students who are having difficulty in school due to alcohol/drug use, truancy, school disruption, aggression, exposed to violence, depression or other mental health problems. Services are tailored to the needs of each school, and may include large-group assemblies, classroom presentations, small group counseling, and individual counseling, as well as parent education and teacher/staff education. This program is available to elementary, middle and high schools throughout the Metro Atlanta Areas.

Crisis Intervention

An immediate therapeutic response available 24 hours a day which; depending on client's needs, involves direct telephone or face-to-face contact with clients experiencing a mental health emergency or crisis. Emergency services are designed to stabilize the emergency situation and to provide immediate treatment in the least restrictive environment possible.

Professional Staff

A dedicated trained team of mental health professionals, mental health clinicians, mental health case managers, and behavioral analyst along with licensed clinical supervisors provide all services. Positive Growth CETC strives to deliver all services with special attention to our client’s multilingual and multicultural needs.

Fees

Services are offered on an income-based sliding scale to insure that everyone gets the help they need regardless of income. We also accept individualized fees, insurance, Medicaid or Medicare.

Our services are offered Monday through Saturday. Saturday by appointment only.

Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri.

10:00 am - 8:00 pm 11:00 am - 8:00 pm 9:00 am - 6:00 pm 11:00 am - 8:00 pm 9:00 am - 5:00 pm