Eastern Oregon Children's Multi-Treatment Center – Unofficial Blog

Archive for the ‘Services’ Category

This article will be devoted to services that are offered by EOCMT and other establishments of the same kind.

The focus of the Center’s service is the multiple and severely mentally and/or emotionally disabled child who has typically failed to adjust in the family, the school setting and had previous treatment episodes. Often times these children’s level of maturation has been delayed or arrested so they appear more childish and younger than non-disabled children.

Some of the multiple and disabling issues treated include:

• Suicide attempts/self-harm
• Learning disabilities
• Fetal drug and/or alcohol effect
• Sexual, physical and/or emotional abuse/victimization
• Dysfunctional support systems
• Schizophrenia or permanent psychotic disorders
• Personality disorder features
• Education failure
• Gender confusion
• Drug and/or alcohol abuse
• Property destruction
• Threat of injury to others
• Multiple psychiatric hospitalizations or treatment placements
• History of running away
• Ongoing legal involvement due to acting out behavior
• Need for medication management
• Lack of appropriate hygiene and social skills

At such centers they, do not generally treat severely mentally retarded children, although they do treat emotionally disturbed children that are in the borderline area of intellectual functioning if they otherwise meet admission criteria.