Typically, in order for a child to attend our Day Treatment program, certain criteria must be met.
1. Difficulty maintaining behaviors needed to succeed in a regular classroom/child care setting.
2. Experienced a significant disruption in functioning for an extended period of time (typically more than 6 months).
3. Demonstrated need for a higher level of care than WRAP; meaning that coordination of prior solutions offered by the school, physicians, and outpatient mental health counseling has not significantly reduced challenges at the time of referral.
4. Family and youth are willing and able to attend and engage in treatment actively.
5. The child is intellectually capable of comprehending the treatment used in the program and has a diagnosis that benefits from this type of treatment.
6. The child does not significantly endanger other children already being treated at Olalla indicating a need for a higher level of care.
7. Approved by InterAgency Planning Team