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At Aris Clinic, we know that mental health doesn’t take a summer break. Our Summer IOP provides structured therapeutic support to help kids and teens build skills, process emotions, and maintain progress in a supportive environment. We offer a multi-week therapy program June through August for youth ages 8 to 18 entering grades 2-12 in the fall.
Our team leads a structured, yet nurturing, half day of in-person therapy and medication management. Our summer therapeutic program is led by a multi-disciplinary treatment team. The program follows an eight-week broad topic rotation that is customized to patient age groups. For example, younger patients may work on topics such as anger, attention, impulsivity, listening and getting along with others. Similarly, older patients may work on depression, anxiety, self concept, communication and mood swings.
The summer intensive therapeutic program (IOP) lasts for 8-12 weeks on average and is tailored to patient needs.
For the first time ever, with additional academic funding for summer school at care and treatment sites through the state of Minnesota, any student who is a Minnesota resident is eligible to participate in the academic portion of the program at Aris Clinic concurrently if they are enrolled in the mental health programming. Students from Wisconsin who would like to participate should contact their home school district to request approval to participate in the summer academic services.
It is recommended for any student that would benefit from additional structure for their day and to reinforce learning, avoid summer learning loss, catch up if behind, or earn additional credit to advance. The student to teacher ratio is 10:1. Space will be allocated on a first come first serve basis, and if the school spaces are filled, it is still possible to attend for half day therapeutic programming.
As summer progresses and we near the beginning of the next school year, groups will begin to prepare kids for the significant stressors patients often experience in school. For example, addressing scheduling, time management, school appropriate behavior and more. Our school readiness focus helps prepare your child or teen for returning to school and greater success in the coming year.
Our team works closely with patients and families to identify and address problem areas. We group patients by age and therapeutic needs to learn new strategies for personal growth.
1 in 5 children ages 13-18 in the U.S. need mental health services; only 20% are likely to receive professional help
Source: National Institute of Mental Health
