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Top: Health: Mental_Health: Child_and_Adolescent: Treatment: Programs_and_Services

Please choose the appropriate category for the type of program or service you offer. The only sites listed in this category will be for (1) informational sites about programs in general and (2) sites for organizations offering several different types of treatment services or programs.

"Informational" sites created to solicit referrals to a particular program or group of programs (including affiliate and referral sites disguised as informational sites) will not be listed.

Umbrella category for sites about treatment programs, school, counselors, and other services for children and adolescents with behavioral health problems.

Community-based Programs

Locally-focused programs and organizations providing treatment and other services for children and teens with mental or behavioral health issues. Most community-based programs emphasize outpatient treatment and other non-residential services, but residential services often are included.

Consultants

Consultants assisting with determination of the best treatment options for troubled children and teens.

Directories

Directories of treatment options for children and teenagers with mental illness, behavioral difficulties, or substance abuse problems, including residential facilities, schools, outdoor programs.

Escort Services

Please read the category description.

This is the wrong category for adult "escort services." Sites of this nature may be submitted to the appropriate geographic location listed in Adult/Business/Consumer_Goods_and_Services/Personal_Services/Escorts/.

Businesses and organizations specializing in escorting teens and children to behavioral health treatment programs.

Outdoor Programs

Please read the category description.

For sites of institutions offering rehabilitation and therapy for youth with behavioral health issues through outdoor survival training, wilderness camping or hiking experiences, or outdoor living.

Referral Services

Connecting families with treatment centers, programs, and schools for troubled children and teens.

Residential Treatment

Read the category description to determine whether this is the right place for your site.

Note that institutions that have academics a a core function, along with a significant therapeutic component, should be submitted to Therapeutic_Schools.

Find links to sites for or about residential treatment facilities specializing in treatment of young people with emotional and behavioral health difficulties.

Institutions listed in this category focus on treatment as their primary function. If academics are offered (they typically are required if school-age youth are enrolled), they are secondary to the principal emphasis on treatment.

Therapeutic Schools

Read the category description to determine whether this is the right place for your site. Note that residential treatment centers, where academics are not offered or are secondary to the principal emphasis on treatment, will not be listed here and should be submitted to Health/Mental_Health/Child_and_Adolescent/Treatment/Programs_and_Services/Residential_Treatment instead.
The "Therapeutic Schools" category focuses on schools which assist young people with emotional and behavioral health difficulties. These schools serve students with a history of failing to function at home or in less structured schools in terms of academic, social, moral, or emotional development.

Institutions listed in this category have academics as one of their core functions, along with a significant therapeutic component.

Therapists

Licensed psychologists and psychiatrists offering treatment services for children and adolescents.

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