Intermountain Deaconess Children's Services

The school-based servicestreatment to create a therapeutic environment based on effectiverelationships that promote social and emotional resiliency.school-based services include:- comprehensive school & community treatment - providing year-round,k-12 school-based services, including individualgroupfamilypsychotherapy behavioral support, crisis care, and recreation.- day treatment - providing self-contained education and therpeuticprograms within schools.- school-based outpatient therapy - serving k-12 youth strugglingwith mild to severe emotional disturbance or crisis.summer break presents unique challenges for students enrolled in school-based services and clients typically regress without somecontinuity of their mental health treatment. The summer programprovides students with uninterrupted attention to their emotional andmental health needs, including the strengthening of relationships withprofessional staff whom they have learned to confide in and trust.activities that are specially focused on enhancement of relational andemotional health are included in the daily schedule.transportation and food are vital to the provision of the summerprogram. Transportation to and from the program increasesparticipation by 50%; providing lunch and snacks increasesparticipation by an additional 20%. However, these costs are notprovided by program fees, such as medicaid.

Community servicesintermountain's foremost community services include:- case management - coordinating and guiding families throughmental health/support services.- co-occurring therapy - treating mental health and substance abuse.- occupational therapy - evaluating age-appropriate functioning, andtreating issues such as motor skills, behavioral disorders, sensoryintegration, and poor attention.- outpatient therapy/play therapy - treating a broad range of mentalhealth issues.- psychiatry services - providing assessment and ongoing medicationmanagement.