FAQ

Yes, all services at the Clinic for Child Study are available to children and families with Medicaid insurance living in Wayne County who are at risk for Court contact. To access services, please go to the Request Services tab.

An assessment is a combination of tasks that you and your child will undertake with the psychologist. The psychologist will then prepare a report and submit it to the court or referral source.

The purpose of the assessment is to provide recommendations for what services might be needed to help the youth and family to resolve problems and strengthen the family unit.

The psychologist will talk with you to get information about your child's development and current problems as you see them. The psychologist may also ask you to complete one or two surveys about your child. The psychologist will interview your child and administer tools to measure intelligence, academic achievement and personality.

In general the assessment will take from 2 to 4 hours depending on the type of assessment administered.

This is a non-criminal offense for which only a person under the age of 17 can be charged. A status offense is truancy from home, truancy from school or incorrigibility.

No, only the police or Court can have a child detained.

When your child is placed on Intensive Probation a variety of assessments must be completed within the first 30 days in order for your child to receive the best services that we can provide. Some services will only occur once while other services will continue throughout the length of probation.

The case manager will see your child weekly to begin identifying and linking the family to the services that your child will need to obtain to be successful on Intensive Probation. In addition, it is the case manager's responsibility to connect the family to services to meet the needs of the entire family. Some examples of this may include utility assistance, medical services, etc. The probation officer’s role is to ensure that your child is adhering to all of the conditions of probation. The case manager and the probation officer work together to ensure that your child will be successful in obtaining services and completing probation.

The times your child will have to report to a probation officer is determined by a risk level questionnaire which will be completed during intake for services or during the first date your child reports to probation. If your child is a low risk, he/she will have to report once a month. If your child is a moderate or high risk, he/she will have to report twice a month. You will be given a schedule of the date and time that your child will have to report. Any one of the four probation officers can see your child and credit them with reporting.

The length of probation is determined by how well your child does at home, in school and in the community and how well they obey the conditions of probation. In general, Intensive Probation will be for at least 6 months; however, ultimately the termination of probation is determined by the Referee or Judge proceeding over your youth’s case.

That depends on many factors, such as if the violation was a new criminal offense, type and seriousness of offense, whether your child has been cooperating with the case manager, therapist, and the probation officer, was having problems in the home, or in school. All active members of your child’s treatment team (probation officer, case manager, therapist and psychiatrist) will consult with one another to determine what recommendation(s) is in the best interest of the child and provide a report and testimony to the court for the next court hearing. The final decision as to what happens to your child is made by the jurist.

You should check with the probation officer as they are responsible for completing the tether packet and monitoring your child while on tether.

The time varies depending on whether the child is detained, at home as well as additional factors such as getting all parties to sign the tether forms, getting record checks on all people in the home 18 and older, getting the order from the court and the Wayne County Sheriff’s Department schedule. In general, it will take anywhere from 14 to 30 days.

Your child will be on tether for up to 90 days but that time could be extended if the jurist wants to continue your child on tether.

WEB, which is the Wayne County Sheriff’s Warrant Enforcement Bureau, will come to the home to put the tether on your child. The probation officer will remove the tether at the time the child reports.

There are no initial costs to the parent(s) to get a child tethered. If the equipment is not returned in full or in part, or it is returned in poor or damaged conditions, then various fees can be assessed to the parent(s) for the replacement of equipment.