Therapeutic Day Treatment

What is Therapeutic Day Treatment?

School-based mental and behavioral health

Partnering with local schools to provide one-on-one classroom support and interventions.

[This is a Medicaid funded service.]

Our staff provide children with serious emotional and behavioral needs with daily support so they can succeed socially and academically without removing them from their schools. Our presence helps teachers get back to teaching and improves the learning environment for the entire class.

• Crisis intervention to build real-time coping skills and improve the learning environment for other students
• Individual and group counseling to improve social functioning and emotional regulation
• Consultation between parents and teachers to coordinate efforts at school and home
• Coordination with families, doctors, and psychiatrists to manage medication
• Individual therapy to address trauma and mental health disorders
• Family counseling to build parenting skills, bonding, and attachment
• Training to teach school staff to identify, understand, and support the needs of children with emotional and behavioral disturbances long-term

We currently offer TDT in the following public and independent schools and school systems, in addition to all Elk Hill schools.

• Buford Middle School
• Burnley Moran Elementary School
• Charlottesville Day School
• Church Hill Academy
• Genesis Alternative School
• Goochland County Public Schools
• Monticello High School
• New Kent Public Schools
• Powhatan County Public Schools
• Red Hill Elementary School
• Shelburne Middle School
• St. Andrew’s School
• Staunton Pre-K
• Staunton Day School
• Venable Elementary School
• Walker Upper Elementary School
• Walton Middle School

Don’t see your school listed here? Contact your regional coordinator to discuss bringing TDT to your location.

Service areas

Central Region Coordinator

Caytie Heflin, LCSW
chelfin@elkhill.org // (804) 836-7716 x 323
Serving children from the counties of Goochland and Powhatan, and beyond.

Greater Richmond Region Coordinator

Pam Pitchford, LCSW
ppitchford@elkhill.org // (804) 562-5464
Serving children from the city of Richmond and the counties of Henrico, New Kent, and beyond.

Charlottesville and Staunton Region Coordinator

Heather Lewis, LPC
hlewis@elkhill.org // (540) 569-2064
Serving children and families from the city of Charlottesville, Albemarle, Staunton, Augusta county and beyond.

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