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Child & Adolescent Day Treatment

At our Milwaukee, Kenosha and Brown Deer locations, the child and adolescent day treatment program provides a supplement to outpatient therapy and a transition from inpatient care. This half-day structured program allows patients to continue involvement with their family and school.

Rogers Memorial offers a weekday treatment program with either morning or afternoon sessions at our Milwaukee, Kenosha and Brown Deer locations. The program provides coordinated care in a safe and structured setting while allowing continued involvement with family and school.

Behavioral health concerns effectively treated in the program include:

  • Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
  • Depression and other mood disorders
  • Social anxiety disorder and other anxiety disorders
  • Emotional or behavioral issues related to the experience of traumatic events
  • Disruptive behavior disorders
  • Co-occurring alcohol and other substance use
  • Multiple diagnoses

Admissions and Insurance Coverage

This treatment service can effectively treat children and adolescents who meet the following criteria:

  • Have a primary psychiatric diagnosis
  • Demonstrate a willingness to receive treatment and a desire to recover
  • Meet medical criteria for day treatment services

An initial screening starts the admission process. Based on a review of this screening, a psychiatrist will recommend an appropriate level of care. After the review, admissions staff will contact the family and share the psychiatrist’s recommendation.

As a courtesy to prospective patients, admissions staff will contact the individual’s insurance carrier to obtain a quote of insurance benefits. Benefit availability, service providers, and medical necessity criteria vary with each insurance plan. We recommend that families of potential patients check with their insurance carrier to determine what is covered and if there are any exclusions. After admission, patient care specialists can provide assistance with remaining questions or concerns.

Treatment Team

Treatment services are under the direction of board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrists. On admission, each patient meets with members of the multidisciplinary treatment team for a comprehensive evaluation that is used to develop a personalized plan of care. Members of the treatment team may include:

  • Board-certified psychiatrists
  • Licensed clinical psychologists
  • Registered psychiatric nurses
  • Master’s prepared social workers/counselors
  • Experiential therapists
  • School liaisons
  • Mental health technicians

Treatment Components

Our treatment philosophy emphasizes family involvement and participation. Treatment components may include:

  • Group therapy
  • Experiential therapy
  • Psychiatric consultation and medication management
  • Discharge planning/Coordination of care
  • Individual and family therapy
  • School coordination/Advocacy

In addition to age-specific general mental health groups, specialized treatment groups are offered for children who have experienced trauma, children who have been diagnosed with ADHD, and adolescents with internalizing behaviors.

Continuing Care and Discharge Planning

With proper consents the treatment team works closely with the referring professionals to communicate treatment progress and assist in making discharge plans. If necessary, staff will assist with locating resources needed to provide continuing care.

The treatment team monitors each patient’s progress and level of participation. If, based on the patient’s behavior, the program is no longer a helpful or appropriate form of treatment, or if the patient needs a different level of care, then the treatment team will explore options with the patient and his or her family.

Should they become necessary, Rogers Memorial Hospital provides short-term acute stabilization of psychiatric symptoms on its inpatient units.