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Acute Intensive Mental Healthcare Services

Intensive Outpatient Program

Intensive after-school treatment to help youth ages 12 to 17 manage mental health symptoms while staying engaged in daily life

About Our IOP Program

The goal of the Intensive Outpatient Program is to ensure families and their children have appropriate community-based support (both therapeutic and recreational). The program also works to reduce high-risk behaviors with an emphasis on developing coping strategies and crisis management skills for both youth and their caregivers.

Intensive Outpatient Program Details

  • Typical stays are between 2 to 8 weeks on average
  • Youth participate in programming from 2:00 to 5:00 PM
  • Youth attend IOP between 3-5 days per week
  • Schedules are individualized based on needs. The IOP program utilizes close supervision, monitoring, and support to ensure safety after a mental health crisis and offers intensive support while re-integrating youth into their schools, homes and communities.

The IOP program takes place in a therapeutic milieu setting that emphasizes group-based treatment, including groups such as Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills Therapy Groups, Occupational Therapy, Psychoeducation Therapy Groups, Creative Application and Behavior Activation. Youth in this program receive individual therapy, family therapy, and group therapy. Medication management is covered by community providers.

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What We Do

Edgewood’s Intensive Outpatient Program is ideally suited for youth needing comprehensive care several days per week after school. IOP offers more support than a weekly outpatient program can provide in order to better manage and stabilize significant mental health symptoms.

  • Supervision and crisis support
    Comprehensive mental health assessment and treatment planning
  • Individual, family, and group therapy, with an emphasis on skill-building, emotional regulation (including Dialectical Behavioral Therapy skills practices), and safety
  • Psychoeducation for youth and caregivers
  • Group-based milieu setting that provides support such as creative and expressive arts therapy, therapeutic recreation, and holistic wellness activities
  • Ongoing case management, discharge planning, and coordination with outpatient and community providers
  • Robust caregiver/family engagement and support throughout the course of care

Who We Help

IOP is indicated for youth ages 12-17 who are:

  • Experiencing acute mental health symptoms that require more support than weekly outpatient care, but are not acute enough to require hospitalization or a residential program.
  • Requiring further care after inpatient hospitalization, residential treatment, or Partial Hospitalization Program, or those at risk of symptoms worsening without intensive outpatient support
  • Attending school daily and are functioning well at school despite increasing mental health symptoms
  • Presenting with high-risk behaviors (e.g., suicidality, self-harm, severe emotional dysregulation), complex family or social stressors, or significant recent crises.

What to Expect

  • Comprehensive assessment and individualized treatment planning upon admission
  • Ongoing supervision and support provided by a multidisciplinary team of clinicians, nursing, and direct care staff
  • Discharge planning begins at intake in order to ensure that youth remain in the least restrictive environment needed for their care and safety
  • Intensive case management and collaboration provided throughout treatment to ensure continuity of care (including referring providers, families, outpatient teams, and school partners)
  • Successful return to providers in a lower-level of outpatient care after completion of program