The LCYDC Department of Psychological Services provides the following services:

Psychological Services:

• Comprehensive clinical support for all residents admitted to our Intensive Residential Treatment Facility.
• Residential & out-patient psychological assessments, therapies, and other clinical services for children, adolescents, and families served under the LCYDC umbrella.
• 24-hour/7-days a week/365-days a year On-Call Emergency Psychological Services to clients, residents, and programs at LCYDC.
• Emergency Mental Status Examinations
• Psychiatric Clinic for all program clients, with ongoing psychiatric consultation with clinical staff.
• Psychological Staffing for all program clients, with ongoing psychological consultation for clinical staff by licensed professionals.
• Referrals accepted from the Department of Human Resources, the Alabama Department of Youth Services, and the Juvenile Court System.

Professional Development & In-Services Training:

• Employee Orientation and Employee Success Curriculum provided for the purpose of enhancing the dual goal of employee career success at LCYDC and confirming that our new employees are prepared and equipped with basic information, skills, and opportunities to make an immediate positive impact on the safety, nurturance, and growth of those we serve.
• Provision of required training and curriculums as prescribed by our contracts with the Alabama Department of Human Resources, the Department of Youth Services, and certification and compliances with Council of Accreditations (COA).
• The ongoing development and provision of courses with curricula which facilitate a culture of ever expanding professionalism, commitment, and measurable outcomes for our specialized programs at LCYDC.
• Providing ongoing in-house, web site, and off campus training for the purpose of remaining tuned to state of the art models, systems, and services which provide our employee opportunities to fully succeed and grow here at LCYDC.
• Provide support, training, and state of the art technology for those members of hte LCYDC Team who become professional trainers for our employees.

TransParenting Program:

TransParenting is a Families First certified program which, in 1993, became a mandated requirement by the Lee County Family Court for divorcing parents of children (18-years old and younger) in Lee County. At present, this TransParenting Program only serves those individuals attached to the Lee County Family Court system.

Participants are mandated to attend this vital training for divorcing parents as a means to assist children and families as they transition through the divorce process.

To contact the TransParenting Program at Lee County Youth Development Center for registration, call phone number 334-745-2760, extension 201 and ask for Ms. Karen Ferguson in the Psychological Services Department.

Registration must be completed and the course fee payment of $50.00 received prior to the day of the class. We accept check, money orders, Visa Credit or Debit, and MasterCard for payment.

Sessions are held monthly at the Child Care Resources Center at 510 South Street, Opelika, Alabama 36801.

Certificates of Attendance for verification to the courts are provided and signed by the program facilitators at the completion of each class.

For additional information regarding:

• What is TransParenting
• Contact Information
• Directions to Class
• Registration
• Certificates of Attendance
• Special Needs
• Curriculum
• What to bring to class
• Other Resources

Please go to http://www.parenttogether.info/transparenting.htm

To Contact Psychological Services:

Phone: (334) 745-2760
Fax: (334) 745-7998
twoodall@lcydc.org