Acute Care for Children and Teens

Valle Vista’s psychiatric treatment program for patients ages 5 to 18 works to quickly stabilize the most severe symptoms and allow for a transition to less intensive levels of care. Patients are housed in separate units split by gender and age group.

Program components include:

• 24-hour nursing care
• Interdisciplinary treatment in a highly-structured, supervised environment
• Daily visits with a psychiatrist or nurse practitioner
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with a focus on trauma (as necessary per patient)
• Individual, group and family counseling as ordered by the psychiatrist or nurse practitioner
• Recreational therapy designed for children and adolescents, with a licensed recreational therapist
• Medication management by board-certified psychiatrists and nurse practitioners.
• Discharge and aftercare planning