DAY TREATMENT FOR TEENS

Our team works with parents and schools:

For many of the patients we serve, their mental health diagnoses are affecting their lives to the point where their functioning and performance at school is suffering. We understand that many parents worry about whether their child will be able to catch up when they return to school full time after day treatment.

We encourage school counselors who support admission to the day treatment program to work with parents to ease these worries and create a plan for how their child will attend the program without a negative effect on their school experience. We are happy to work with school staff to create this plan as needed.

The teen experience in day treatment:

• Teens are assigned a therapist who will work with them on their specific goals.
• Evidence-based counseling techniques are integrated with a Christian perspective to support patients both emotionally and spiritually in a culturally competent way. 
• Teens spend much of their time learning and growing in group therapy.
• Teens will be excused from class to participate in group therapy for 3 hours each day.
• Teens may meet with a psychologist to review comprehensive psychological testing.

The parent/guardian’s role in supporting teens in day treatment:

• Parents/guardians are asked to come in for an hour each week to meet with their teen and their teen’s therapist.
• Parents learn new parenting skills to meet the needs of their teen and understand their teen better.
• After the teen completes treatment, the CFS team will work with parents to create an appropriate aftercare plan.

What is the cost of day treatment?

• Most services are covered through commercial insurance policies and state-sponsored insurance. In Minnesota, CFS Day Treatment for Teens is a CTSS qualifying service.

How to refer a teen to day treatment:

• Teens can be referred by their parents, school, primary care, county social worker, or outpatient providers.
• Call 800-438-1772 to speak to our Intake Team. Clinical professionals can also refer online here. Our Intake Team will ask more about the teen and schedule a diagnostic assessment to determine if day treatment or another option, such as a Teen DBT or Social Skills Group, is the best fit.
• Prior to beginning a teen day treatment program, a parent or legal guardian will need to meet with our staff to review program expectations. A separate meeting will also be scheduled to sign consents for treatment.

What makes CFS unique?

• Evidence-based treatment integrated with Christian principles
• A collaborative approach to coordinate the best possible treatment plan for each teen.

We integrate evidence-based counseling techniques with a Christian perspective to support patients both emotionally and spiritually. This is done in a way that meets them where they are spiritually. We invite each patient to explore scripture in a way that supports the treatment process.

Additional information about our in-person Day Treatment for Teens Program can be found in these videos:

• Q&A for Parents
• Q&A for Schools and Providers