Hughes Center for Exceptional Children

Hughes Center for Exceptional Children

Services:
Special Programs/Groups Offered
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Young adults
• Members of military families
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED)
• Clients who have experienced trauma

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)

• Residential/24-hour residential

Facility Type

• Residential treatment center (RTC) for children

Ancillary Services

• Family psychoeducation
• Education services
• Case management service
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Suicide prevention services

Testing

• Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)
• HIV testing
• Metabolic syndrome monitoring
• Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
• TB screening
• Laboratory testing
• STD testing

Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public)

• Private for-profit organization

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Type of Care

• Mental health treatment
• Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• County or local government funds
• Medicaid
• State education agency funds
• Private health insurance
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Cash or self-payment
• Other State funds
• State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
• State corrections or juvenile justice funds
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• State welfare or child and family services funds

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Children/Adolescents

Treatment Approaches

• Abnormal involuntary movement scale
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Activity therapy
• Couples/family therapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy

Pharmacotherapies

• Clozapine
• Quetiapine
• Nicotine replacement
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Paliperidone
• Chlorpromazine
• Cariprazine
• Olanzapine
• Asenapine
• Lurasidone
• Olanzapine/Fluoxetine combination
• Aripiprazole
• Risperidone
• Haloperidol
• Brexpiprazole
• Ziprasidone

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use