Top Mental Health Care for Children
by A.
(Long Island, New York)
Well this isn't exactly leisure but it's important and located on Long Island.
I'm sharing some information about what is, in my eyes, a top in-patient mental health care facility called Sagamore Children's Psychiatric Center.
It’s for children through 17 years of age. Admittance is voluntary or in some cases court ordered. Sagamore is a state facility and is run like a group home with strict discipline. The rules are infinite and the care is optimal. The children are always taken care of, every NEED is met.
The children live on units and attend school during the day. They shower twice a day and are fed well. The patients are offered off-unit activities in their free time, physical and creative. The kids go by a point system to learn discipline and focus on “target skills” such as following directions, accepting no, and expressing feelings.
The children see doctors and therapists who regulate medications and provide counseling. Privileges are earned as positive behavior improves. Some children make levels 2 or 3 which allows them to go on supervised trips off the facility's grounds, and to spend weekends at home. Regardless of level, children always have the option to visit with family on hospital grounds.
Sagamore is a long term facility where patients usually stay for a few months. The Sagamore staff is highly qualified and thoroughly screened. The staff is always willing to help a child who is willing to receive help.
There is hope for everyone and Sagamore is safe and can help. Private hospitals in my experience are not as effective for more seriously ill children, when discipline is needed Sagamore is best. It has to follow state regulations, it’s safer that way.
I know some Sagamore survivors (including myself) and they are doing great today! Any questions you can email me at:
mandee3200 (at) yahoo (dot) com
Sagamore Children's Psychiatric Center
197 Half Hollow Road
Dix Hills, NY 11746
(631) 370-1700
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