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St. Cloud Youth Day Treatment Program
Helping youth with emotional and behavioral disorders function more successfully in their homes, schools and communities.
Our Day Treatment programs are founded on evidence-based and strengths-based philosophies and strategies. As a trauma-informed program, our clinicians concentrate on processing trauma and managing painful thoughts, feelings and behaviors, improving safety, enhancing parenting abilities, offering support, and fostering improved communication within families.
Our teams are committed to offering a secure and encouraging environment for everyone involved in order to optimize therapeutic growth. To achieve this, we pledge to act accordingly while interacting with kids, teens, families, academic teams, co-workers and outside providers.
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St. Cloud Youth Day Treatment Program
Our program uses well-established models in providing care to clients. Those include Resiliency and Health Realization, social thinking and the Circle of Courage which focuses on positive youth development based on the belief of universal human needs for belonging, independence and generosity.
Program Length:
For most clients, the program length is from 6 to 12 months - as long as they continue to meet medical necessity.
Who Benefits:
Children and adolescents in grades 1-12 who have mental health diagnosis which interferes with school, home and community. Those who are transitioning from a higher level of care or those who have found less intensive services unsuccessful, would benefit from learning intensive coping and social skill training. Regular attendance and active participation are key to successful completion of the program.
What happens in treatment?
All programming begins with a required Diagnostic Assessment to provide an Individualized Treatment Plan. Once accepted into the program, clients and their family receive the full benefit of all the services provided, including individual therapy, family therapy, group skills, counseling, group therapy and individual skills.
Curriculum
Our Day Treatment program avoids the ‘one size fits all’ approach in working toward each child's unique goals. Interventions and curriculum are chosen and tailored to suit the individual's needs. We are constantly working to improve the services we offer to our clients and the mental health care they receive.
Our services are reviewed regularly by the Minnesota Department of Human Services and are certified to provide Children’s Therapeutic Support and Services (CTSS). Our most recent review took place in June of 2025 and our certification was renewed at that time. We will continue to evaluate and evolve the care we provide to ensure we are offering the highest quality care possible.
St. Cloud Referral and Admission
The Intensive Outpatient Day Treatment services are available to children and adolescents in grade 1-12 who are experiencing emotional and behavioral difficulties after other therapeutic interventions have been unsuccessful and meet medical necessity criteria. Services are not available to adolescents who are regularly physically aggressive or have an IQ below 80. We are not a dual diagnosis program; therefore, those who also suffer with substance use/abuse in addition to their mental health will not receive chemical dependency specific therapeutic supports. If substance use/abuse is significant, referrals to dual diagnosis programs in the area are available.
The referral process for student admission requires approval of insurance coverage and the receipt of the referral form. A student is then placed on our referral list once the referral form has been completed and submitted to the Clinical Supervisor. Due to the extended waitlist, families are discouraged from completing a full intake packet as most will have to complete another one when an opening occurs. The Clinical Supervisor will contact the student’s family/guardian to schedule a diagnostic assessment and will email the appropriate intake paperwork to be completed prior to the appointment. Programming will begin one week from the diagnostic assessment to allow us time to complete the necessary documentation, confirm insurance eligibility, and to arrange for transportation to and from program.
Referrals are accepted from Community Health Providers, County Human Services, School Districts, and families.
Program Coordinator, Nicolle Nelsen, MS
Phone:
(320) 650-1561
Fax: (320) 650-1599
Email:
Nicolle.nelsen@ccstcloud.org
Contact St. Cloud Youth Day Treatment Program
Catholic Charities St. Cloud Day Treatment
Hours
Monday - Friday 7:30 am - 3:00 pm
Location
1712 7th Ave S
St. Cloud, MN 56301
