This Day Treatment program for children and adolescents with serious emotional problems focuses on crisis stabilization, evaluation, and enhancing successful psychosocial functioning at school, work, and home. The program closely coordinates treatment and discharge planning with families, schools, and treatment providers. Services may be integrated with the Riverside Family Partnership programs, Riverside Alternative Youth Services, and other community resources.

The Riverside Life Skills School adds an educational component to the Life Skills Program. For more information about the School, click here.

A team of specialists offers short-term therapeutic treatment options for youth. Staff are mobile and work with a child and family for periods ranging from several weeks to up to six months, providing screening and assessment, supportive counseling, intensive case management, outreach and education, respite supports and activities, and longer term support. Services may be coordinated with outpatient treatment, Riverside’s Life Skills Center, crisis stabilization services, emergency services, and other community resources.