The Child Center

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Welcome to The Child Center: A Circle of Care for Children and Families
Is your child having problems at home, in school or in the community which are causing you distress? Are the problems growing larger over time? Has there been an event which has caused a strong emotional reaction from your child? Is your child at risk of being referred to a more restrictive setting than public school? Is your young child too difficult for day care providers? If so, Mental Health for Children, Inc., dba The Child Center may be able to help.

The Child Center is a non-profit human services agency that has been offering a continuum of psychiatric and special education programs throughout Lane County since 1972. Services for children with severe emotional and mental disorders include Outpatient, Crisis, Day Treatment, Assessment and Referral, Pregnant Teen and a Mobile Resource Library.
Our mission is to provide individualized, diagnostic, therapeutic and educational services for the emotional and behavioral problems children exhibit in the home, school and community; provide integrated community based psychiatric and support services that are child centered, family driven and culturally competent; to advocate for preventative and educational services from community resources and to promote and/or develop other specialized services for children with serious mental, emotional and behavioral disorders and their families.
Regardless of the service, our experience has proven that long term results are always better when the child's family is an integral team member. At The Child Center parents are involved in all phases of treatment services including assessment, the development of plans of care, the integration of education and treatment services as well as transition plans/services.