Children's Center of Hamden

Psychiatric residential treatment facility- provides twenty-four hour care and treatment that result in children being able to discharge safely and successfully to The community. The master treatment plan includes individualized goals that are set with youth and their families. The child-specific multidisciplinary treatment teams are led by a psychiatrist and includes mental health therapists, nurses, teachers, therapeutic recreation, direct care workers and representatives from community support systems. These teams focus on The expectations each youth and guardian has of their treatment experience while also addressing The multiple complexities that impact families. Treatment modalities include a twenty- four hour trauma informed milieu, group therapy, individual therapy, family therapy, psychiatric consultation and medication management, coordination of wellness and medical care, therapeutic recreation.

An outpatient continuum of care includes treatment services that range from one hour a week outpatient appointments to afterschool programs: extended day treatment and intensive outpatient. The children and adolescents who are served by The outpatient continuum live in The community and seek behavioral health treatment for a variety of diagnoses and symptoms that include anxiety, depression, psychosis, poor impulse control and more. A specialized team is trained to provide services for youth who are using substances. Treatment modalities include trauma informed milieus, group therapy, individual therapy, family therapy, psychiatric consultation and medication management, advisement to peer-led recovery groups, outreach and recovery coaching.

Education program- (add) vocational opportunities prepare youth with job readiness skills and hands-on work experience. Occupational therapists and school social workers work with teaching staff to create strategies that help students learn how to manage their behaviors so they can return to The public school setting.