The Child Center’s staff members excel at connecting with the children in their care. They are skilled at striking a balance between enthusiastically guiding children as they participate in the center’s activities and providing emotional support during challenging situations or tough transitions.
While staying at the Child Center your child has access to a full range of health specialists specifically trained for their age group, including:
- Board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrists
- Licensed clinical psychologists
- Master’s level therapists
- Behavioral specialists
- Pediatric, family practice and internal medicine physicians
- Registered psychiatric nurses
- Registered dietitians
- Experiential therapists
- Certified teachers
- Child and adolescent trained counselors
Our staff stays up-to-date with the latest advances in emotional and behavioral treatment and can provide valuable guidance to help your child reach his or her goals.
Meet the manager: Tom Doughman

Tom Doughman ensures that Child Center patients and families have the same quality experience he’d expect for his own family.
“I have two children myself and insist that the care we provide is what I would expect for my own family,” explains Tom Doughman, the program manager at the Child Center. Tom’s role as program manager is to assure each child is focused on getting better so they can get home and start living their life with their families and friends.
“My reward is hearing about the success kids are having in their home communities and knowing that, even years after their treatment here, we helped them begin to live life again.”
Tom has found that many parents are fearful about leaving their child at the Child Center, but are quickly won over by the quality of the treatment team. “Our families often find comfort in the hands-on approach our staff takes to patient care, and are relieved to know that they’re not leaving their child behind at a cold and sterile hospital, but in the hands of our compassionate treatment team.”