Nevada Children's Center

	Red Impulse Control / Attending to Tasks Learn to stop, think, listen, wait patiently, sit still and process before acting out. Stopping urges to follow danger, start fires, or run away. Eliminating impulses to touch others.

	Blue Anger Management / Anxiety Control Remaining calm like a blue ocean! Learn and apply new coping skills to handle frustrations and disappointments with patience and positive outlets. Eliminating verbal and physical aggression, destroying property, and bullying peers.

	Yellow Socializing / Communication Happy smiley face yellow is about socializing, interacting with peers without arguing, name calling, or vulgar words, and having fun. Attracting friendships and keeping them using kind words and mutual respect. Explaining wants and needs without emotions.

	Green Depression / Expressing Feelings Green light go! Time to feel good about one's self, explore the world, and have a positive outlook on life. Learn to open up, share feelings, set goals, and focus on personal happiness.

Services

The office IS taking new clients right now. Please feel free to contact our office at
702-736-8100 and ask for Christina. She will handle your intake, and give you an office tour.

We believe that every child deserves a hero. At the Nevada Children’s Center, our objective is to give our young clients the tools and guidance they need to advocate for themselves while coping with challenging circumstances. The goal is to develop a higher self esteem, form strong friendships, and learn to become productive members of their family, school and society.

Therapeutic Day Treatment Services include:

Therapeutic Day Treatment

Targets young children typically 4-13 years old in need of support to reduce emotional, cognitive and behavioral problems. It provides powerful methods to restore children to their highest level of functioning. In our simulated social setting for up to 4 hours 5 days per week. The goal is to reintegrate our young friends back into their home or community based setting.

SED Determinations
Medicaid Billing
Care Coordination / Treatment Plans
Case Management
Family and Child Support with School District IEP Programs / Child or Family Team Meetings

	PSR - Psychosocial Rehab ~ Teaching Parents How to Form a Strong Family
	Behavior management Effective communication Problem identification / resolution Sense of humor	Dealing with anxiety Moral reasoning Self-sufficient life goals Social competency
	BST - Basic Skills Training ~ Teaching Children Life's Basic Skills
	Basic living skills Parental training Time management skills	Communication skills Social skills Transitional living skills
	Foster Care/Adoption ~ Helping New Foster Families Bond
	New foster family support Assist with adoption / foster care	Support DFS - Dept. Family Service Cases Work with child protective service agencies
	CI - Crisis Intervention ~ Helping Children Stay Safe in a Crisis
	Immediate intense intervention Situation risk of harm assessment Identifying referral resources	Prevent hospitalization Follow up on continued care

The Nevada Children’s Center provides free transportation from home or school each day. Upon arrival each child is given a free meal and time to exercise while learning small lessons on health, wellness, basic living, social skills, communications skills, and appropriate peer interactions.

During academic times children are taught the value and responsibility of education by learning impulse control, attending to task, and completing assignments without using their emotions. Goals at this time include; self sufficiency, dealing with anxiety, and honesty regarding their actual assignments due in school.

Child behavior specialist disseminate into small teams for treatment. This includes activities such as: one-on-one sessions, role playing, peer play groups, and art & music expressions deigned to help the child modify their behavior. Each child is monitored in 15 minute increments and reported outcomes are places on a daily report. The objective is to help the child learn behavior management, anger management, coping with anxiety, and other appropriate healthy outlets for frustration and disappointment.

Children are able to earn daily rewards and weekly field trips for good behavior in meeting measurable goals. At the end of each day, children are able to earn 3 snacks for good behavior.