Roberts/Smart Centre

1. Day treatment:individualized and youth-driven day treatment provides youth facing severe mental health and behavioural challenges an opportunity to pursue their education while receiving treatment and support in a specialized classroom setting. 2. Secure treatment: our secure treatment program is an intensive liv-in treatment option for youth ages 12-18 dealing with complex mental health and behavioural issues. Admission to our secure treatment facility in ottawa requires a court order and is open to youth from all over ontario. 3. Residential placements: the centre operates two open live-in programs for youth with mental health concerns. These programs are in urna homes in ottawa. They exist to provide health care in both official languages for those youth whose difficulties require treatment on a 24-hour basis. The program capitalizes on the 'in-residence' component of intervention in providing a therapeutic milieu and programs related to lifestyle education and recreation. All programs provided to severly troubled behaviourally and emotionally challenged children and adolescents with exceptional psycho social needs.