Short Term Day Treatment (STDT)

The Child Center's Short Term Day Treatment (STDT) program provides intensive psychiatric day treatment and special education services to children between the ages of five and nine, whose primary handicapping condition, at the time of admission, is diagnosed to be moderate emotional disturbance. The program can also serve children with severe emotional disturbance who require immediate placement/assessment on a crisis basis until they can be referred to appropriate community education or treatment programs. The disturbance must have advanced to a degree and complexity where no other less restrictive program in the community can adequately meet the special needs of the child and family.

All children accepted into the STDT Program have or will meet criteria for a DSM IV axis 1 diagnosis and a Child Global Assessment Score (CGAS) of less than 40 or a CASII score of 19 or greater. Many will have multiple diagnoses. All have experienced a significant disruption in level of functioning compared with peers. Most of the children will have been experiencing mental/emotional or behavioral disturbances for at least one year. In cases where the disturbance has existed less than a year, the child/youth will present substantial risk of developing a long term emotional disturbance, harming themselves, or harming others if they do not receive treatment.

STDT services are provided to children who live at home with their parents, in single parent households, in foster care; with relatives (e.g. aunts, uncles, grandparents), in blended step families, or in other arrangements. Many of the children will have already come to the attention of one or more agencies before being referred for treatment. These agencies are often those who provide health care, education, juvenile justice, DHS Child Welfare Program, early education (Head Start, EC CARES, etc.) and prevention services (Relief Nursery).

Both boys and girls are equally eligible. Family participation and adult services are a crucial component of the overall treatment program. The Child Center service area in considered to be primarily Lane County, although children and families from nearby counties are sometimes admitted if the transportation problems can be adequately solved.

Children not accepted into The Child Center's Short Term Day Treatment program include children ages ten and older, children younger than five years of age, children whose primary handicapping condition is severe mental retardation, moderate to severe forms of autism, and those children who in the judgment of the intake committee would not benefit from the program. The children for STDT should be less severely involved than those admitted into the ITS Day Treatment program, as length of treatment is substantially shorter.

Intensive Day Treatment (ITS)

The Child Center's Intensive day treatment program provides intensive psychiatric day treatment and special education services to 29 children between the ages of 3 and 12, whose primary handicapping condition, at the time of admission, is diagnosed to be severe mental, emotional and behavioral disorder as determined by a individualized comprehensive assessment. The disturbance must have advanced to a degree and complexity where no other less restrictive program in the community can adequately meet the special needs of the child and family.

All children accepted into the Intensive Day Treatment Program have or will meet criteria for a DSM IV axis 1 diagnosis and a child Global Assessment Score (CGAS) of less than 40 or a CASII score greater than 19. Many children have multiple diagnoses. All have experienced a significant disruption in level of functioning compared with peers. Most of the children have experienced mental/emotional or behavioral disturbances for at least one year. In cases where the disturbance has existed less than a year, the child/youth will present substantial risk of developing a long term emotional disturbance, harming themselves, or harming others if they do not receive treatment.

Day treatment services are provided to children who live at home with their parents, in single parent households, in foster care, with relatives (e.g. aunts, uncles, grandparents), in blended step families, or in other arrangements. Many of the children will have already come to the attention of one or more agencies before being referred for treatment. These agencies are often those who provide health care, education, juvenile justice, protective services (CWP), early education (Head Start, EC CARES, etc.) and prevention services (Relief Nursery).

Both boys and girls are equally eligible. Family participation and adult services are a crucial component of the overall treatment program. The Child Center service area is considered to be primarily Lane County, although children and families from nearby counties are sometimes admitted if the transportation problems can be adequately solved.

Children not accepted into The Child Center's day treatment program include children ages thirteen and older, children younger than 3 years of age, children whose primary handicapping condition is severe mental retardation, moderate to severe forms of autism, and those children who, in the judgment of the intake committee, would not benefit from the program.

Intensive School Based Day Treatment

The Intensive School Based Day Treatment Program is a school based program that provides a specialized and individualized set of in-home and community based mental health services that are delivered in the most normative and least restrictive setting, the child¹s home and at a public school. This program offers an integrated treatment and education program geared towards elementary aged children, ages 6-10 who have severe mental, emotional and behavioral disorders and who have been identified through a level of need determination process as needing this level of care. Individual therapy, group therapy and an individualized academic program are provided on campus at the Springfield School District Moffit Elementary School where a number of broad community based services may be accessed in a least restrictive setting. Families will also receive a full array of medically appropriate services as identified in their plan of care including but not limited to crisis prevention and intervention including safety/crisis plans, care coordination, case management, individual, group and family therapy, psychiatric services, skills training, family support services, respite care and team driven service coordination planning.

The Child Center's Intensive School Based Day Treatment (ISBDT) program provides intensive psychiatric day treatment and special education services to ten children between the ages of 6 and 10, whose primary handicapping condition, at the time of admission, is diagnosed to be severe mental, emotional and behavioral disorder as determined by a individualized comprehensive assessment. The disturbance must have advanced to a degree and complexity where no other less restrictive program in the community can adequately meet the special needs of the child and family as determined by the level of need determination process.

All children accepted into the ISBDT program have or will meet criteria for a DSM IV axis 1 diagnosis and a Child Global Assessment Score (CGAS) of less than 40 or a CASII score greater than 19. Many children have multiple diagnoses. All have experienced a significant disruption in level of functioning compared with peers. Most of the children will have experienced mental/emotional or behavioral disturbances for at least one year. In cases where the disturbance has existed less than a year, the child/youth will present substantial risk of developing a long term emotional disturbance, harming themselves, or harming others if they do not receive treatment.

Day treatment services are provided to children who live at home with their parents, in single parent households, in foster care, with relatives (e.g. aunts, uncles, grandparents), in blended step families, or in other arrangements. Many of the children will have already come to the attention of one or more agencies before being referred for treatment. These agencies are often those who provide health care, education, juvenile justice, protective services (SCF), early education (Head Start, EC CARES, etc.) and prevention services (Relief Nursery).

Both boys and girls are equally eligible. Family participation and adult services are a crucial component of the overall treatment program. Familes are regarded as equal team members and services are developed on the strengths of the family directed at achieving functioning successful in the home, school and community. The Child Center service area is considered to be primarily Lane County, although children and families from nearby counties are sometimes admitted if the transportation problems can be adequately solved.

Children not accepted into The Child Center's ISBDT program include children ages 11 and older, children or younger than 6 years of age, children whose primary handicapping condition is severe mental retardation, moderate to severe forms of autism, and those children who, in the judgment of the intake committee and consulting psychiatrist, would not benefit from the program.