Welcome to the new web site of Beacon Behavioral Services, guiding you through the process of change. We invite you to explore our site and to let us know how we can be of help to you or your organization.

Our services
Beacon Behavioral Services offers a wide range of professional services in our offices, conveniently located in Avon, Glastonbury,and Bloomfield, Connecticut. Ample free parking and a comfortable setting await your visit.

At Beacon we provide a broad range of organizational development and consultation services. We focus on the human factor that influences productivity, implementation of strategic initiatives and the bottom line.

Beacon's organizational development, consultation, and training services are provided to for-profit companies, not-for-profit organizations, and municipalities.  Our services are customized to each of our client organizations and include:

Critical Incident Services

• Critical Incident Debriefings are provided on site after a death, robbery, violent act or other major incident which impacts the functioning and emotions of employees or the public.  We provide professional counseling and educational services in a timely fashion to facilitate adjustment to a major stressor.
• Violence Prevention Training and Risk Assessments are crucial in attempting to provide and assure that there is as safe a workplace as possible.  We review your policies and procedures, evaluate employees who may be at risk, train managers, and serve on threat assessment teams to facilitate risk reduction.

Management Effectiveness Training

• Management Team Evaluations and Training help your team perform better than the sum of its parts.  Our programs address communication and relationship difficulties, leadership skills, and problems with developing and implementing strategic plans.
• ·Executive Coaching helps managers develop their leadership and communication skills so they can improve their performance.  Our services involve one on one coaching sessions (on site or in our offices) targeted to address the development of specific skill sets.
• Customized Training Programs are provided to address such areas as diversity training, the psychology of customer service, sexual harassment, stress management, and substance abuse.
• Management Team and Board Retreats help organizations hone the talent of their leadership, plan strategically, and address organizational dynamics that may be interfering with the achievement of optimal success.

Customized Management and Staff Development Training Programs (Half-Day, Full-Day, and Multi-Day)

• Violence Prevention: Educate your employees about risk factors, avoiding, and responding to violence in the workplace.
• Diversity Training: Learn how to respect and value the differences among your employees.
• The Psychology of Customer Service: Train your staff to really focus on customer service for both the internal and external customer.  Teach them strategies for effectively managing the difficult customer.
• Sexual Harassment: Learn about recognizing and preventing this costly yet frequent workplace problem.
• Stress Management: Learn about the causes of stress and the many approaches that are used to reduce stress among the workforce.
• Substance Abuse: Educate your employees to recognize warning signs of substance abuse and to respond appropriately to suspected instances of alcohol and drug use in the workplace.
• Conflict Resolution: Learn strategies for reducing and resolving this devastating impact of conflict on production and morale.
• The Psychology of Employee Motivation: Learn positive leadership strategies to help increase employee dedication and follow through.  Help your managers and directors improve their overall leadership abilities.

Employee Assessment and Counseling

• Employee Assistance Programs help your employees and help your company.  Our EAP is designed to provide high quality early intervention and referral services to troubled employees and their immediate families.  By helping your employees function effectively, we can help you save money and simultaneously enhance the quality of life of your employees.
• Fitness of Duty Evaluations are provided by our professional staff to help determine the appropriateness of an employee being on site.  We can provide both psychological and psychiatric evaluations.
• Workers Compensation Evaluations are provided to help assess the impact of an injury on an employee's emotional and behavioral functioning.  We also assess the factors which might be contributing to an employee's disability and the options that might be appropriate with regard to a return to work.

In short, Beacon looks to partner with you and your human resource department.  Our services are tailored to your company and can be purchased hourly, on a case by case basis, or contracted for in a more comprehensive manner.