Preschool Mental Health Day Treatment (Family Place): Family Place is an intensive mental health day treatment program for young children (3-6) who have experienced trauma, an early loss of or lack of consistent caregivers, and/or abuse or neglect. These children struggle to manage their emotions and behavior at home, within their childcare/school setting and/or the larger community. We are trauma-informed in our clinical orientation and practice. We draw upon Psychodynamic Theory, Attachment Theory and the tenets of Developmental Repair within the day treatment classroom and in our treatment of individual clients and families.
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Preschool Autism Day Treatment: Our Autism Day Treatment Program is an intensive day treatment service for preschool children (ages 2-6) diagnosed with autism or other neurodevelopment disorder, aimed at improving social communication, emotional regulation, and interpersonal interaction. Clients attend the program daily to receive relationship-based group therapy, as well as speech and occupational therapy. All therapies are integrated and work collaboratively within the treatment classroom. Mental health therapists utilize the SCERTS treatment framework as well as the Greenspan Floortime intervention models. Families in the program receive a variety of family support services, including in-home family therapy.
East African Autism Day Treatment: Our Autism Day Treatment Program at the Harman Center in Minneapolis is an East African responsive intensive early intervention day treatment service for children (ages 1-5) diagnosed with autism or a related disorder, aimed at improving social communication, emotional regulation, and interpersonal interaction. This East African responsive program was established as a response to the high prevalence of autism in the East African community and serves many clients who identify as East African.
Clients attend the program daily to receive relationship-based group therapy, as well as speech and occupational therapy. Mental health therapists utilize the SCERTS treatment framework as well as the Greenspan Floortime intervention models. Families in the program receive a variety of family support services, including in-home family therapy, observations of their child in the day treatment setting, and family support groups.
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