Program Description

VCFS Therapeutic Day Treatment Program provides therapeutic behavioral interventions combined with education and mental health treatment to children and adolescents after school and during the summer months. Children and adolescents become connected with VCFS staff after school and during the summer to identify and implement appropriate behaviors in the home, school, and community. Each individual will interact and have the opportunity to engage with Qualified Mental Health Professionals, Licensed, and License-eligible Clinicians in support of their treatment goals complying with their Individual Service Plan

VCFS Mission

VCFS Therapeutic Day Treatment aims to identify at-risk youth and provide children and adolescents with assured clinically based mental health treatment. VCFS services are designed to identify risk factors, stabilize behaviors. strengthen and preserve families, and maintain individuals at home in their community. VCFS strives to sustain and reunite the core family by assisting individuals to develop appropriate boundaries while decreasing inappropriate behaviors. VCFS focuses on empowering families and individuals to effectively utilize community and internal resources to achieve positive outcomes. VCFS programs provide structure, support and services to meet the needs of at-risk youth and their families while addressing the risk factors within the family, community, and school through individual and group sessions.

Admission Criteria

Individuals shall meet two or more of the following:

• Child or Adolescent aged 5 through 17 years at time of referral 
• At risk of out-of-school placement for behavioral, social, and/or emotional disturbances 
• Have difficulty in establishing or maintaining normal interpersonal relationships to such a degree that they are at risk of hospitalization, homelessness, and or isolation from social supports 
• Exhibit such inappropriate behavior that repeated interventions by the mental health, 
• social services, or judicial system have been necessary 
• Exhibit difficulty in cognitive ability such that they are unable to recognize personal danger or recognize significantly inappropriate social behavior 

VCFS Staff

The New VCFS Therapeutic Day Treatment Program staff includes bachelor and master’s level Qualified Mental Health Professionals and Licensed Professional Counselors on the program site. VCFS staff provides strength -based behavioral modification, cognitive behavioral interventions, and incentive-based program. VCFS locations are clinically supervised by a licensed or license-eligible clinician providing individual and group counseling and crisis support as needed.

Active Service Components

VCFS TDT program employs a staff to student ratio not to exceed 1 to 6 to achieve students individualized goals through:

• Comprehensive Psychosocial Assessments
• Individualized Treatment Plan
• Weekly Individualized Therapy Sessions
• Crisis Intervention
• Care Coordination
• Therapeutic pro-social and recreational activities
• Weekly Parental Coordination
• Case Management
• Medication Education Management

Toward the goal of: 

• Reduced occurrences of in an out of school suspensions 
• Reduced number of students transferring to alternative disciplinary programs 
• Improved school attendance 
• Enhanced academic performance 

How Does VCFS TDT Program Work?

• VCFS TDT program operates in a licensed location separate from the public schools
• TDT staff is available after school dismissal for a minimum of 2 hours daily
• QMHPs provide behavior modification and psychosocial and pro-social therapeutic groups
• Students’ progress is measured through a level system that tracks behavioral improvements daily, weekly, and monthly.
• Care Coordination services link students and families to community-based services and resources as needed
• QMH coordinate with school personnel, family s and others involved in the
• individual’s treatment
• QMHPs provide assessment, crisis support, and individual counseling
• Students are reevaluated in 3-month intervals to determine their readiness to sustain independent positive behaviors within the school, community, and home
• VCFS TDT program offers a 9-week Summer Program that provides individualized therapeutic treatment planning, psycho-social skills training groups, and therapeutic recreational and community-based experiences to enhance pro-social behaviors

How Do I Participate?

Referrals to VCFS TDT program come from school administrators, teachers, guidance counselors, school affiliated social workers, mental health counseling agencies, Department of Social Services, or the Department of Juvenile Justice. TDT services are potentially covered by Medicaid for Medicaid Members base on eligibility

Families that feel that their children may be eligible for VCFS ID program or Schools that are interested in collaborating with VCFS to provide TDT services should contact one of our offices

• Lynchburg Region:  
• Richmond Region: (804)-625-9868