Outpatient Therapy & Community-Based Programs

Outpatient Therapy and other Community-Based Programs are designed for children who can function in everyday social settings, such as classrooms in their local schools, but who need ongoing support and therapy to manage their conditions and to succeed in these environments. Without Outpatient Services, a child's condition may worsen, leading to failure in their school and disruption at home. Left untreated, children may require more intensive services later on.

Girl reading a book Trillium's outpatient program provides the convenience of getting different types of services from the most appropriate type of clinician. This includes services provided by licensed psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, counselors, or psychiatric nurse practitioners.

Services also can be provided in the most appropriate location, such as a Trillium outpatient clinic, home, school, or other community setting. Coordination of these services is provided to meet the needs of the individual child, adolescent, and family.

Trillium therapists work in concert with families and a child’s teachers, school counselors, and physicians to develop an appropriate care plan, which can include a mix of services. Like all Trillium programs, Outpatient Services follow Trillium’s philosophy of family-centered care.

What Happens in Outpatient Therapy?

Typically, children attend one or more appointments per week with a therapist, depending on their needs. Each session lasts about a hour. This form of individual Outpatient Therapy also may be combined with:

Group therapy.
Family therapy.
Parent support groups and parent education classes.
In-home skills training and therapy for families.

During sessions, children and therapists begin building new skills such as problem solving, anger management, and social skills development, among addressing other issues.

If Trillium has clinicians based in a child’s local school district, most appointments will be in the school, and therapists work daily with teachers, counselors and administrators to develop and implement a complete care plan that includes academic goals.

As with all of our therapy programs, families are strongly encouraged to participate in the therapy process. In fact, Outpatient Therapy often involves the whole family at various stages of treatment.