Intermediate Levels of Care for Children with Behavioral Health Needs - A Review of Best Practices, Current Implementation, and

system result in high demand for ILC programs by The continuum of services includes multiple levels of providers and families, especially in the context of care intended to meet the needs of children with a wide children’s increasing behavioral health needs over range of presenting concerns, diagnoses, and acuity. [...] Child Health and Development Institute | CHDI.org 7 METHODOLOGY The findings and recommendations presented in this report have been developed using the following methods: (1) a comprehensive literature review of ILC implementation; (2) a survey of program leadership and staff at ILC programs serving children in Connecticut; (3) a focus group with members of the ILC workforce; and (4) analysis of E. [...] Five of the participants worked in EDT the relatively lower response rate was reflective of the programs, and one in an IOP program; one of the EDT staffing challenges and high caseloads reported. [...] The average number of hours of treatment Implementation of EDT programs varies more than was higher for EDT than IOP and PHP (an average of that of IOP and PHP, including the number of hours of 15-17 hours per week of treatment, which is primarily intervention as well as the setting (i.e., on-site, client’s group and recreational therapy), a much longer average home, etc.).11 The limited literatur. [...] depression are the most common diagnoses of children treated in most Connecticut IOP and PHP programs The limited literature regarding ILC services for LGBTQ+, (reported as a diagnosis for the majority of children in nonbinary, and transgender youth found mixed results in 91% of programs).