LAN Technical Assistance & Training Center
Serving Professionals, Families, and Youth in Saline, Gallatin, Wayne, White, & Hamilton Counties
Site under construction
System of Care Principles Simplified
Youth Guided
Youth are empowered, educated, and given the opportunity to make decisions about their own care. Young people have the information they need and can make decisions about their own care.
Individualized
Provision of care addresses the child's specific and unique need and incorporates his/her strengths. Care is specific to the strengths and needs of each child.
Evidence-based/Evidence-informed practice
Clinical practice is based on research findings that meet evidence standards. Care providers use methods that have been used before and helped youth and families.
Cultural and Linguistic Competence
Sensitivity and responsiveness to the diversity of individuals and communities in term of factors such as race, national origin, religion, language, and socioeconomic background. Care providers understand that all families are different. They respect those differences.
Interagency
The involvement and partnership of multiple child serving agencies. Agencies that serve young people and families work together as partners.
Coordination/Collaboration
Professionals work together to avoid duplication of services and eliminate gaps in care. Care providers work together to make sure that children and families get all the services they need from the right provider for them.
Accessible
Minimization of barriers to service in terms of physical location, convenience of scheduling and financial constraints. Children and families get services they need even if they have physical or resource challenges.
Community Based
Provision of services within close geographical proximity to the intended population. Children and families get the services they need near where they live.
Least Restrictive
Delivery of services in settings that maximize freedom of choice and movement and permit interaction in normative settings such as school and family. Care providers try to help children and youth stay at home and in their own schools.
Family Driven
The family is central to the care of children and is a primary decision maker and equal partner in efforts to serve children Families make the decisions about the care of their children.