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Treatment for Children & Adolescents

Outpatient Programs

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Outpatient Programs

Adolescent Day Treatment Program

The Menninger Clinic's Adolescent Day Treatment (ADT) program helps adolescents who are struggling with their mental health, interpersonal relationships, and at home and school difficulties. The program's goal is to stabilize the adolescent within a daily community of their peers and avoid inpatient hospitalization by providing skills and knowledge to reduce acute symptoms.

Adolescent Day Treatment Program Details

The program is open to 12- through 17-year-olds who may be transitioning to a lower level of care from a hospital or residential treatment program or who need more intensive care than an outpatient or an intensive outpatient program can provide.

The Adolescent Day Treatment program benefits adolescents who are at risk of self-harm, have exacerbated mental health symptoms such as depression, anxiety, and substance use, and have a decline in function at school and their day-to-day lives.

The four-week program includes:

Daily group therapy
Weekly individual therapy
Weekly family therapy
Weekly virtual parent support group
Medication management

The program includes evidence-based therapies such as dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), as well as experiential therapies like narrative therapy, nursing groups, pet therapy and more.

Our educational support specialist will be the liaison between your child and their school for any educational needs.

Program Schedule

Programming is Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm with daily groups
Academic time is Monday through Friday for two hours
Individual therapy, family therapy and medication consultation is scheduled weekly
The virtual parent support group meets Thursdays from 12 to 12:45 p.m.
Lunch and snacks are provided