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Intensive Day Treatment (IDT) is a short-term educational and clinical program for students experiencing mental health trauma or crisis requiring hospitalization or are at risk of hospitalization. IDT is provided in collaboration with Astor Services for Children & Families, Dutchess BOCES, and local school districts. Enrollment is four weeks with an extension available.
Services Offered
- Provides students with the psychological and clinical support they need to stabilize following mental health trauma and crisis
- Provides students with instruction and instructional support to successfully complete their studies while enrolled in IDT
- Maximizes communication, cooperation, and involvement with IDT staff, district staff, and parents to ensure continuity
- Ensures smooth and successful transition back to the student’s home district or alternative placement
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Assessment, Screening, Evaluation and Treatment Planning
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Partnership with parents throughout entire process & school districts
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Individual, Family and Group Therapy
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Crisis Intervention
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Instruction and Educational Support (including academic curricula, classwork and requirements are provided by the student’s home district to BOCES)
No one will be denied access to services due to their inability to pay. A discounted/sliding fee schedule is available based on family size and income.
Intake Criteria
Students grades 9-12 in a BOCES component district who are experiencing trauma or crisis, are at a significant risk for hospital placement, or are returning to their community school following a hospital placement or partial hospitalization.
Referrals
All referrals are made from the student's home school district to the IDT program director. Following the referral, an intake meeting is held to determine eligibility. This meeting includes an IDT clinician, IDT teacher, school district representatives, the parents, and the student. All transportation to IDT is provided by the student's home district.
Contact Us
Email: Please use our Program Contact Form »
Additional Notes
For more information contact:
Salena M. Gray, LMHC
Deputy Director of Day Treatment Programs in the Hudson Valley
900 Dutchess Tpke, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
(845) 486-4840 ext. 3077
More Information
Program brochure (PDF file)
Folleto del programa (archivo PDF)
Learn about Astor's other Hudson Valley Community-based programs:
- Adolescent Partial Hospitalization Program
An alternative to school, short-term intensive therapy program - Astor Learning Center
Therapeutic school for grades K-8 - Care Management (Health Homes)
Medicaid benefit that refers, organizes, and coordinates provider(s) involvement for families - Counseling Centers
Providing therapy, psychiatric services and case management to children and adolescents and their families - Day Treatment
In partnership with BOCES, a school-based intensive mental health and special education service for grades 2-12
Intensive Day Treatment
Therapeutic Transitions Program - Enhanced Coordinated Children’s Services Initiative
A multi-agency process that seeks to prevent out-of-home placement and coordinate services to meet the family’s complex needs in Dutchess County - Family Therapy and Support Services
Services to youth with behavioral issues, including Juvenile Delinquent (JD) and Persons in Need of Supervision (PINS) in Orange County - Head Start
Federally funded preschool programs. Read more… - High Fidelity Wraparound
Evidence-based care coordination that uses a highly structured, team-based, family-centered approach - Home Based Crisis Intervention (HBCI)
Short-term in home family therapy program for families who live in Dutchess and Ulster Counties - Prevention / Intensive Home Based Services
In-home program that serves parents with children at risk of foster care placement in Dutchess County - Probation Based Services (J-RISC)
Family therapy program for children involved with Dutchess County’s Department of Community Corrections and Probation. - School-Based Behavioral Health and Training
School-based clinics and other mental health/casework supports embedded in community schools. - Serving Youth iN Their Communities (SYNC)
Home and community based services for children with Medicaid - Therapeutic Foster Boarding Home Program
Enhanced therapeutic foster care program with case management, advocacy, medical services, and 24/7 support