Residential Treatment Center

Laurel Oaks Behavioral Health Center proudly operates a 75-bed Residential Treatment Center (RTC) program for male and female youth ages 5-18. Four separate living units are housed within this RTC, each with their own living areas and dedicated staff including the Lead Therapist/Therapist(s), Unit Director, and Mental Health Technicians. These units are organized by the ages, and in some cases the gender of the youth served, as outlined in the table below:

UNIT	AGES SERVED	CO-ED YES/NO
Child RTC	5-11	YES
Pre-Adolescent RTC	11-14	YES
Male RTC	14-18	NO
Female RTC	14-18	NO

While all youth served in this program have at least one primary psychiatric diagnosis, many have several psychiatric disorders as well as other challenges such as mental retardation, physical or sexual abuse, neglect victimization, substance abuse problems, and/or co-occurring medical conditions. Many of these youth come to us with histories of serious high-risk behaviors such as attempts to self-harm, attempts to commit suicide, assaultive behavior, running away, etc.

At Laurel Oaks we are proud to be able to successfully serve many children and adolescents who have been denied admission by other facilities and experienced failures in treatment in other settings.