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Operating in Las Vegas since 1991, the mission of the Nevada Children's Center is to empower young victims of abuse, neglect, and mental afflictions by providing therapeutic day treatment, behavior modification, and in-home parenting resources in partnership with foster care and child protective advocates and agencies.
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Welcome to Nevada Children’s Center
One-on-One Sessions
Include peer-to-peer support and assistance to develop self advocacy. Personalized sessions include: individual encouragement, self-advocacy, self-direction training, and peer modeling.
Role Playing
Scripted and unscripted puppet shows, dress-up, role reversal, and make believe to practice new behaviors and share personal feelings in a fun way.
Peer Play Groups
Learning to share experiences and feelings through group play. These self-guided and self-healing groups are for children to communicate through games, physical activities, athletics, and team play.
Art and Music Expression
Expressive therapeutic play using psychological aspects combined with art materials, chalks, markers, paint, instruments, singing, song expression, and rehabilitative entertainment.

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Therapeutic Day Treatment and More


Therapeutic Day Treatment
Treatment Typically Takes 24 - 36 Weeks

Targets young children typically 4 - 13 years old in need of support to reduce emotional, cognitive and behavioral problems. NCC provides powerful methods to restore children to their highest level of functioning. In our simulated social setting for up to 4 hours 5 days per week. The goal is to reintegrate our young friends back into their home or community based setting so they can be productive citizens of our society.

Here are Additional Services

PSR - Psychosocial Rehab * ~ Teaching Parents How to Form a Strong Family
  • Behavior management
  • Effective communication
  • Problem identification / resolution
  • Sense of humor
  • Dealing with anxiety
  • Moral reasoning
  • Self-sufficient life goals
  • Social competency

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 BST - Basic Skills Training * ~ Teaching Children Life’s Basic Skills
  • Basic living skills
  • Parental training
  • Time management skills
  • Communication skills
  • Social skills
  • Transitional living skills

Foster Care/Adoption * ~ Helping New Foster Families Bond
  • New foster family support
  • Assist with adoption / foster care
  • Support DFS - Dept. Family Service Cases
  • Work with child protective service agencies
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CI - Crisis Intervention * ~ Helping Children Stay Safe in a Crisis
  • Immediate intense intervention
  • Situation risk of harm assessment
  • Identifying referral resources
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  • Prevent hospitalization
  • Follow up on continued care
* As defined by Chapter 400 of State of Nevada Medicaid Services Manual.
 
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On behalf of our Board of Directors, staff, and the young clients we serve, we wish to thank the following organizations for their generous support.

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