Boys Town Intensive Residential Treatment Center Services℠

Boys Town Intensive Residential Treatment^SM provides residential psychiatric treatment for children ages 7 through 18 who have severe behavioral and mental health problems. Many of these children have failed in other placements like foster homes and other youth care programs, and have exhausted all other treatment options in the community. They require the most intensive treatment Boys Town provides, as well as 24-hour structure and monitoring, because there is a significant risk they may harm themselves or others. Trained staff members provide consistent teaching and treatment that focuses on children’s strengths to help them improve their behaviors and learn necessary life skills. These children are referred by clinical therapists, psychologists and other healthcare professionals. Most referrals come from inpatient psychiatric facilities and juvenile detention centers. Many boys and girls in juvenile detention have a mental health disorder; some must wait months for treatment. The average length of stay for children is four to six months. When they reach their goals here, we want children to be able to move to less-restrictive care, either within the Boys Town Integrated Continuum^SM or to another program, to continue their treatment.*

* In some cases, children return home, if it is safe and in their best interest. A focus of Boys Town’s programs is the reunification of children with their families.