Early Childhood Institute

The Early Childhood Institute of The Providence Center has expanded our array of Children’s services to include an Early Elementary Intensive Outpatient Program and Partial Hospital Program. These programs will serve children from Kindergarten through the second grade. The program, which will support children’s social/emotional needs in a therapeutic classroom, can be funded by a child’s health insurance (when possible) or their local school district. This will be a short-term treatment opportunity that will allow our team of educators and clinicians to learn about the meaning behind a child’s behavior, provide referrals for additional services and evaluations, and set families up with wrap-around services for ongoing support.

Services include:

• Therapeutic classrooms staffed by early childhood specialist
• A developmentally appropriate curriculum that builds social, emotional, cognitive, language, and motor skills
• Structured play group activities
• Weekly bilingual parent groups
• Individual, family, and group therapy
• Home and community-based services
• Observation and consultation in daycares, and school settings
• Educational, and Clinical Assessments
• Psychiatric Evaluations
• Conscious Discipline specialist
• Professional Pet Assisted Therapy credential team