Morrison Child and Family Services was built on a foundation of outpatient services, and continues to serve more than 4,000 children and families annually through its outpatient programs. This program serves children ages birth - 18 years.

An Outpatient Success Story: Janie Finds the Strength to Heal

Assessment and Family-Focused Therapy

• Comprehensive mental health outpatient assessments
• Family-focused therapy
• Bilingual therapists available

Group Therapy

• Provides an opportunity to examine behaviors, feelings, issues with peers, and home and school functioning
• Groups offered include: social skills, anger management, adjustment issues, and children of alcoholics or drug-affected parents
• Multi-family groups

Psychiatric Services

• Psychiatric evaluations
• Medication management
• Psychiatric consultation

Intensive Community-Based Services

• Services provided in children's homes, schools, and other community locations
• Care coordination and case management
• Mentoring/Individual skill-building and coaching
• Parent skill-building and support

Psychological Evaluations

Early Childhood Consultation and Prevention Services
Consultation and training on general mental health issues and about specific children for child care providers and Head Start teachers, as well as direct services for young children and families served by these partner organizations, including assessments, individual and family therapy, and parent support and education groups.

Incredible Years
The Incredible Years, an evidence-based curriculum, provides weekly groups in which parents learn tools to address early challenging behavior in their preschool-age children.  These groups are provided free of charge in partnership with child care centers throughout the Portland metro area.

Incredible Years Success Story: Kids Don’t Come with Instruction Manuals

Family Sexual Abuse Treatment (FSAT)
Group treatment for sexually abused children, ages 4 - 18 years, and their non-offending parents and siblings.

A Family Sexual Abuse Treatment program success story: Gina's Story

School-Based Services
Mental health services in schools, with special emphasis on children in special education behavior programs. Services include assessments, therapy, case management, and consultation for teachers.

Parents Anonymous® of Oregon
Child abuse prevention/family strengthening services, including free, weekly parent-led support groups with accompanying children's program, and Parent Support Line (503-258-4557) providing crisis assistance and information and referrals.

Parents Anonymous® Success Stories: Teena, Lashawn and Phaedra

Outreach and Crisis Prevention
Works with families to provide short-term support and intervention for children at risk of going into crisis, before the situation gets out-of-hand. Services include school-based screening, case management, home-based stabilization, and service referrals.

For information on services and eligibility, or to schedule an appointment, contact Central Intake at 503-542-3025.

Sample data from Consumer Feedback Survey June 1999

• 96% of clients said Morrison's services are helping them deal more effectively with their problems
• 99% of clients would recommend Morrison to a friend
• 90% or more of clients rated each of the four types of services (individual and family therapy, group therapy, case management, and medication management) positively

How has Morrison's Outpatient program helped?

• Young clients and their parents have a place where they feel safe working through their difficulties and enhancing their strengths.
• Children learn to function better in school, at home, and in the community.
• Parents gain a better understanding of their children's problems.
• Therapists show parents new ideas and techniques for parenting.
• Communication between family members and peers improves