Emotionally Disturbed
• Outpatient services include diagnosis, evaluation, counseling for the child and family,
and medication when needed.
• In-home crisis teams work with the family and the child in the home during a serious crisis.
• Day treatment programs after school and on weekends help children improve behavior
and study skills. Therapeutic foster care and group homes give children and teens a safe
place to live and get treatment if they cannot live with their families.
• Respite care gives families and foster families a temporary rest from the strain of caring
for a child with severe problems.
• State hospitals located in Atlanta, Milledgeville, Thomasville, and Savannah provide
short-term impatient treatment when needed for extreme emergencies.
• Outdoor therapeutic programs located in Warm Springs and Cleveland help troubled
children in a wilderness setting.
• Multi-Agency Teams for Children (MATCH) find residential treatment for a number of
limited severely disturbed children and teens