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A Special Announcement
The Center has earned The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval for accreditation. The accreditation award recognizes our dedication to maintaining a culture of excellence.
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Mental Health Awareness
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month, 2013. This is a time to work towards dismantling the stigma associated with mental health illnesses.
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Behavioral Assessments
A behavioral assessment can be a valuable tool for helping parents, providers, and educators better understand a child’s unique strengths and weaknesses.
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Nonprofit behavioral care organization supporting children and teens in San Diego
The San Diego Center for Children has an extraordinary 126-year history of supporting children and teenagers with intensive behavioral and mental health needs. From residential treatment and nonpublic school special education, to foster care agency and outpatient therapeutic services -- we are equipped to help kids facing a critical moment in their lives and to see them through to a positive future.
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Thursday, June 20, 2013 U.S. Grant Hotel
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Presidential Proclamation -- May 2013 is National Mental Health Awareness Month
President Obama calls upon citizens, government agencies, organizations, health care providers, and research institutions to raise mental health awareness and continue helping Americans live longer, healthier lives. For many of the tens of millions of Americans who are living with a mental health issue, getting help starts with a conversation; talking about it with someone they trust and consulting with a health care provider. Continue reading....
How do I know if my child has a behavioral health issue?
There are many reasons why a child is referred to the San Diego Center for Children. Most often they have experienced an environmental issue such as trauma, abuse or neglect that has affected their behavior, or a mental health condition such as attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), bipolar disorder – or sometimes, both. They come to the Center because their behavior in school, in the family or in the community requires an intervention and usually therapeutic care. Continue Reading...
Zones of Regulation fosters coping skills in school
At the Center Academy, we believe in children and giving them a chance to do well. What we have found is that an integrated approach helps children develop coping skills and interact appropriately with others. At the beginning of the 2012-2013 school year we implemented The Zones of Regulation program that teaches children how to stay in a “zone” or move to a different “zone.” Continue reading...
