Sandhill Center

Sandhill Center is a residential treatment center that helps children, ages 5 to 13 on admission, with a variety of diagnoses. The common denominator amongst all the children at Sandhill is significant emotional dysregulation impacting their ability to function at home, in school, and in their communities.

Our holistic approach addresses a child’s needs on all levels by integrating our treatment philosophy into every aspect of a child’s day and creating a therapeutic web. This is done in a relationally-based, clinical approach that is grounded in the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT) developed by Bruce Perry, M.D., Ph.D. and The ChildTrauma Academy in Houston, Texas.

Students may be presenting issues such as: exhibiting poor social skills, social withdrawal, difficulties in peer relationships, impaired judgment, impulsivity, poor anger management, mild to moderate aggression, lying, and stealing to mention just some of the problem behaviors.

Our individualized approach uses a variety of interventions designed to target the disorganized areas of the brain and develop the capacities needed to improve functioning. Understanding the holistic approach, using exercise, diet, animal assisted therapy, individual therapy, family therapy, while incorporating somatosensory interventions keeps us at the forefront of treatment.

Examples of Student Profile:

Many of the children that come to Sandhill have been diagnosed with the following:

• Autism Spectrum Disorder 
• Mood Disorder
• Anxiety
• Reactive Attachment Disorder
• ADHD
• Oppositional Defiant Disorder