Tel. 937/641-5300

Location information: 
The Children's Medical Center
One Children's Plaza
Dayton, OH 45404-1815
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Administrative director: Sarah Fillingame, PsyD

Manager: Destry Fallen, LISW

The department of social work consults on the psychosocial evaluation and/or treatment of patients and families. The services include:

• Child protection: assessment and intervention in cases of suspected physical, emotional or sexual abuse as well as issues of physical, psychological or medical neglect and noncompliance.
• Crisis intervention: evaluation, referral and/or treatment in instances of drug abuse, adolescent pregnancy, drug ingestion, death and dying support, clarification of legal or custody matters, problems in parent-child adjustment to hospitalization and mediation with hostile or agitated parents.
• Family assessments: evaluation and counseling for marital problems, family conflicts, parenting skills, need for home support services, residential care or placement and management of basic survival needs.
• Specialty care/chronic illness: Initial evaluation and long-term support for patients and families making the adjustment to catastrophic illness or injury.
• Support groups, general information and referral services are available to the public. Other services are limited to patients and families using Children's inpatient, outpatient or emergency services.

Hours:

Weekdays: 8:30 am to 11:00 pm

Weekends: 4:00 pm to midnight

On-call coverage provided 24 hours