v     Licensed in 1987 as a Specialty Psychiatric Hospital. Intensive psychiatric treatment is provided to emotionally disturbed children and adolescents, ages 7-18, requiring long-term intervention and care.

v     Hillside focuses primarily on Georgia children, providing high quality, low-cost treatment to those most in need who otherwise might not have access to treatment services.

v     Residential Facilities

Open Setting: 54 beds in 5 units Closed Setting: 20 beds in 2 units 24-hour Nursing Clinic On campus school*

Gymnasium and Pool Ropes Course Greenhouse Multipurpose Sports Courts (2)

*Hillside's school is approved by the Georgia State Department of Education.

v     Program Services

Individual, Group and Family Therapies Dialectical Behavior Therapy School, including Special Education, and Speech and Language Therapy Medical Treatment Ancillary Services including Art, Activity, Dance, Expressive, Horticultural, Music, Outdoor, Photography and Recreational Therapies, Recreational Therapies, and Cultural Programs

v     Average length of stay is 14-18 months.

v     In 1995, Hillside launched the Therapeutic Foster Care Program, which offers children with behavioral disorders, ages 5-18, the opportunity to live successfully in the community.

v     The Hillside Community Intervention Program was piloted in 1998. It provides home-based therapeutic services to clients in transition from intensive mental health treatment, and intervenes to prevent out-of-home placements for at-risk youth with mental health issues.

v  Wraparound services - in which family members and treatment staff partner to identify and mobilize strengths - address the child's treatment needs. Needed services are then "wrapped" around the family and delivered in the natural environment of home, school and community.

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