Local Agency/Organizations


Behavioral Healthcare of Fredericksburg
312 Progress Street, Suite 200
Fredericksburg, VA 22405
540-310-0797- Phone
540-310-0791-Fax
Behavioral Healthcare of Fredericksburg is a private practice facilitated by a licensed clinical social worker and a licensed clinical psychologist.  In addition to providing individual and family psychotherapy and cognitive behavioral therapy for issues including PTSD, OCD, TBI, anxiety, and depression, this practice specializes in the assessment of ADHD, learning disabilities, diagnostic testing, and psychological testing.

Compass Counseling Services of Northern Virginia, LLC
10707 Spotsylvania Avenue, Suite 102
Fredericksburg, VA 22408
540-760-5708- Phone
540-301-3608-Fax
Mission:  “To provide quality mental health services to stabilize, strengthen, and support at-risk youth and families.”  Compass Counseling Services is a private counseling agency that provides mental health and counseling services to children, adults, and families.  Services include intensive in-home services, mental health support services, psychological testing, crisis and stabilization services, and diagnostic assessments.  The agency’s R.E.A.L. World program provides adolescents and young adults with mental health disorders with assistance in the least restrictive environment through training in general life skills, nutrition, health and safety, and community resources.

disAbility Resource Center
409 Progress Street
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
540-373-2559- Phone
800-648-6324- Toll Free Phone
540-373-8126- Fax
Mission: “To assist people with disabilities, those who support them, and the community, through information, education, and resources, to achieve the highest potential and benefit of independent living.”
Services include: advocacy, independent living skills, peer counseling, programs for deaf and hard of hearing individuals, equipment connections, housing/home modifications, work incentive programs, youth and transition services, support groups, training and education.

Family Solutions
2126 Jefferson Davis Hwy, Suite 103
Stafford, VA 22554
877-582-6363- Phone
540-288-0594- Fax
Mission:  To “provide quality, innovative mental health and family services which maintain the health and integrity of individuals and families,” to “empower individuals to access resources that promote independence and wellness,” and to “promote teamwork and partnership in support of community-based care.”  Services include intensive in-home services for youth identified as “at-risk for out of home placement and youth transitioning to the community from more restrictive levels of care;” mental health support services for individuals age 18 and older with mental health issues who are “at-risk for a loss of independent functioning, social and legal problems, hospitalization, and isolation;” therapeutic visitation services including intense parental training for “families who have been separated” due to a child being placed in foster care; therapeutic mentoring including “life skills training, character development, conflict resolution, and social/independent living skills;” and Parents Apart Co-Parenting Together (PACT) classes.

Fredericksburg Counseling Services, Inc.
305 Hanson Avenue, Suite 140
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
540-373-2320- Phone
555-666-7777- Fax
Provide the following services at no charge to low income, uninsured residents of Stafford, Spotsylvania, Caroline, King George, Westmoreland, East Orange, and Fredericksburg:
                -mental health screening
                -clinically based counseling
                -education programs and training
                -training and consultation
http://www.fcsagency.org/info.pdf  -- INFO (Information Needed for Others) guide – a resource published monthly that provides information on area support groups and agencies for individuals and families in need

Mountain Laurel Mental Health
102 North Main Street, Suite 300
Culpeper, VA 22701
540-829-1789- Phone
540-829-0117- Fax
Mountain Laurel Group provides children, teens and their family, high quality, individualized mental health services through our continuum of care. We help them to reach their goals of recovery in the least restrictive setting, while ensuring a safety net in times of crisis. Services include:  short & long term residential treatment for children ages 13-17, special education children’s residential school, intensive in-home and mentoring services for children ages 4-21, diagnostic services, and crisis stabilization for children ages 13-17.
Provides information on the following agencies shortly:  RACSB, Family Solutions, Behavioral Health Care (Dr. Jarnakee), Insight Physicians, Reaching Potentials, Compass Counseling Services. Basically, these agencies’ services include in-home services, individual and group therapy, support groups, education and training for children with autism spectrum disorders and their families, diagnostic services.

Parent Resource Center (PRC)
John J. Wright Educational & Cultural Center
7565 Courthouse Road
Spotsylvania, VA 22551
540-582-7583-Phone
540-582-8825-Fax
Mission: to serve “Spotsylvania County families, school staff, agencies, and the community placing an emphasis on children with special needs or receiving Title I services.”  In addition to providing families “support through listening and problem solving,” the PRC maintains a lending library of videos, DVD, books, journals, educational games to “enhance parenting and family interactions and gain understanding of all children.”  They offer training workshops and resources for parents and schools for building positive parent/school partnerships.  They promote working relationships among parents, schools, and the community to “increase educational opportunities for all children.”  They are also an informational resource for families needing information on special education processes including IEP planning, evaluations and eligibility, transitioning from school to adult life; information on the Title I program; and various community resources including support groups, tutors, summer camps, preschool programs.

Rappahannock Area Child Development Center (RACDC)
10708 Ballantraye Drive, Suite 204
Fredericksburg, VA 22407
540-891-3151- Phone
540-891-3152- Fax
N/A - Email
At the Rappahannock Area Child Development Center (RACDC), we provide comprehensive, interdisciplinary developmental services (primarily Comprehensive Development Evaluations) to appropriate children aged birth to 21-years-old to promote their optimal physical, social, mental, and emotional development and well-being. Specifically, we provide evaluative, referral, case management, and other services for children who have, or are at risk for, chronic physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional conditions who require unique health, psychosocial, and other interventions.
At the RACDC, we also provide Screening for the Developmental Disabilities Medicaid Waiver and counseling services to select children and families. Within the community, we provide training and support for parents & families, teachers, and other professionals. Our community programs of outreach, advocacy, and consultation focus on the promotion of healthy growth, development, and adjustment of ALL CHILDREN. Our Interdisciplinary Team consists of a Medical Doctor, Psychologist, Social Worker, Nurse, and Educational Consultant. We work closely with the family to form diagnostic impressions and provide subsequent treatment recommendations, care planning, follow-up care coordination, referral, and intervention services.

Reaching Potentials, Inc.
1602 William Street
Upper Floor
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
540-368-8087- Phone
540-368-8059- Fax
Mission:  “Reaching Potentials in a private non-profit organization serving children with autism and their families.  We partner with parents and the professional community to provide research-based services, including Training, Early Intervention Programs, Outreach and Replication…Reaching Potentials empowers individuals with autism, their parents or caregivers by utilizing Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA)...an empirically proven method of intervention for those directly and indirectly touched by autistic spectrum disorder.”  Services include a day program, tutoring, IEP consultation, Functional Behavior Assessment, school observation, ABLLS Assessment (Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills), supported inclusion, short-term specific issue intervention, and training for parents and professionals.  These programs focus on the following areas:  learning readiness, building and strengthening academic skills, imitation (echoics), building language and speech skills, encouraging emotional and social development, and addressing age-appropriate daily living skills.
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