Adolescent Consultation Services

Art Placements: 2009, 2011

Adolescent Consultation Services
Adolescent Consultation Services (ACS) mission is to provide comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic services to court-involved youth and their families. Often, the low-income, high-risk children referred to ACS have been unable to obtain needed services elsewhere. Most youth come from multi-problem families with histories of unattended medical and mental health problems, learning disorders, substance abuse, family violence, and severe economic stressors. Some have required placement outside the home as a result of parental drug involvement, incarceration, or abuse/neglect. Typically the youth’s acting out behavior is a cry for help. ACS seeks to create a therapeutic atmosphere in their office in order to make it a safe place to talk for families referred by the court who are often disoriented and scared. Sometimes the clients are hesitant to talk about their lives as many clients and their family members have a history of trauma and may have a difficult time feeling comfortable. Donated art will hang in the entry, waiting area, client interview rooms, conference room, and hallways to help people feel welcome, create a natural conversation topic for new clients, and create an overall nurturing feeling in spaces that many otherwise feel impersonal.



Artists: Barylick, Smith Brackett, Jane Bradford, Di Nunzio, Dioguardi, Grossman, Hyde, Kupferman, Limner, Mello, Partoll, Ritter, Rubin, Schwalb, Sewall, Sorgman