Children’s Services

What treatment services does Horizon provide for children?

Horizon provides mental health and substance use treatment for children and adolescents ages 3 and up. Treatment is designed to address each child/adolescent’s individual needs, and includes:

  • Individual, parent, and family counseling
  • Play therapy including a playroom designated for play therapy
  • Evidence-based therapies for trauma including Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Counseling through art, music and dance
  • Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Program
  • Coordination with schools, pediatricians and other key persons/agencies
  • Telehealth appointment availability

What kinds of emotional and behavioral problems does Horizon treat?

Treatment is different for each child/adolescent depending on their needs, but often includes:

  • Ongoing diagnostic assessment and treatment plan development
  • Individual counseling sessions
  • Family sessions
  • Medication management
  • Trauma informed therapy, including Trauma-Focused CBT and EMDR

We do not treat Autism Spectrum Disorder or other developmental disability disorders and Primary Eating Disorders.

What does treatment at Horizon usually include?

Treatment is different for each child/adolescent depending on their needs, but often includes:

  • Ongoing diagnostic assessment and treatment plan development
  • Individual counseling sessions
  • Family sessions
  • Medication management
  • Trauma informed therapy, including Trauma-Focused CBT and EMDR

How does Horizon involve parents/guardians in their children’s treatment?

We believe that parent/legal guardian participation is key to treatment success. This participation includes:

  • Participation in identifying the problems to be addressed and in the development of the treatment plan
  • Participation in family sessions
  • Ensuring their child’s timely attendance of appointments
  • Encouraging their child’s treatment participation
  • Supporting their child’s efforts to effect change

Which locations does Horizon provide treatment for children and adolescents?

Children (Ages 3+)

  • Hertel-Elmwood Recovery Center

Adolescents (Ages 13+)

  • Hertel-Elmwood Recovery Center
  • Pine Ave. Recovery Center
  • East Amherst Family Recovery Center
  • Orchard Park Recovery Center
  • Batavia Recovery Center

How can I get more information or schedule an appointment?

To schedule an initial appointment, please call our admissions team: 716.831.1800