INCARNATION CHILDRENS CENTER

Residents require transportation to and and from outside medical appointments to meet their complex medical needs and maintain contact with their regular healthcare providers in their communities. Visits can be frequent and costly, necessitating a budget specifically for transportation needs. In addition, we encourage family involvement whenever possible, and transportation costs to and from the facility can be prohibitively expensive.

Music, art and drama have tremendous healing qualities, and appeal to all ages and levels of functioning. Children and adolescents often have difficulty expressing their needs through verbal language.  This is particularly true for children with developmental disabilities, those who have neurological impairments, or those who are undergoing significant emotional stress.  The arts provide an outlet for the nonverbal expression of emotions.  Creative arts therapies such as art therapy, music therapy and drama therapy, provide a safe container for emotional expression and emphasize the strengthening of each participant’s self-esteem through the therapeutic process. 

As creative arts therapy interventions can be easily adapted to address a wide variety of physical, cognitive, and emotional functioning levels, it has been effectively utilized with the broad spectrum of children living at ICC.  From our lowest functioning resident to our adolescents who are motivated by age-appropriate materials and equipment and begin sharing their innermost selves through creative expression, our residents benefit greatly from creative arts therapies.

The primary purpose of as Recreational Therapy is to restore, remediate or rehabilitate in order to improve functioning and independence as well as reduce or eliminate the effects of illness or disability. In addition, Recreational Services provide recreation resources and opportunities in order to improve health and well-being.

Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy

At ICC, we have an interdisciplinary team that provides a variety of services designed to meet the child’s needs. While the reason children are admitted to the Center is because they are in need of medical care and treatment, many have been exposed to various social problems that contribute to the need for inpatient treatment. Many of the children are from impoverished communities with poor access to social services and many children are from families where there is substance abuse, mental illness, physical abuse and neglect.
​
Coordination of Education Services
Counseling Services
Case Management
School Placement
Life Skills Training
Discharge Planning
Summer Camp Referral
Coordination of Family Visits

At ICC, we have an interdisciplinary team that provides a variety of services designed to meet the child’s needs. The primary reason children are admitted to the Center is because they are in need of medical care and treatment.
​
HIV-Specialized Pediatric Care
24 Hour Nursing Services
Dietary and Nutritional Services
Directly Observed Therapy
Assistance with Medication Adherence

While the reason children are admitted to the Center is because they are in need of medical care and treatment, many have been exposed to various social problems that contribute to the need for inpatient treatment. Many of the children are from impoverished communities with poor access to social services and many children are from families where there is substance abuse, mental illness, physical abuse and neglect.
​
Psychiatry
Individual Therapy
Group Therapy