The Pediatric Partial Hospital Program (PPHP) at Bradley Hospital is a specialized evaluation and family-based day treatment program for very young children, from infancy through age seven years, who are struggling with emotional, behavioral, feeding, sleeping, or relationship problems. The primary goal of the program is to help children remain safely at home while they and their families work on clinical problems and challenges that may occur at home, at school or daycare, and in the community.

The PPHP creates a safe, comfortable, and nurturing environment that helps children and their family members participate in therapeutic activities. The interdisciplinary treatment team includes clinical psychologists, child psychiatrists, nurses, pediatricians, behavioral health specialists, nutritionists, speech and language pathologists, occupational therapists, and support staff.

The PPHP team works closely with families to develop a multifaceted and individualized treatment plan that recognizes each child's strengths and areas of difficulty and addresses specific psychiatric problems and concerns, while fully respecting each family's values and customs.

Children and families participate in the program for an average of four to eight weeks. Children attend the program for six hours per day, Monday through Friday, between the hours of 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. When a child is ready to be discharged from the program, the treatment team works with their family to arrange follow-up services and support.

Our Services

Services include:

• Psychiatric and nursing care
• Milieu (activity-based) and behavior therapies
• Family, family-child interaction, family guidance and individual therapy
• Group treatments
• Nutritional, occupational therapy, and speech and language consultations as needed
• Close coordination with community-based professionals, agencies and school teams, including transition support to school or daycare programs
• Arranging for appropriate follow-up treatment services