Residential - On-Campus

Diagnostic Center

The multi-service Diagnostic Center evaluates and helps meet the needs of young people and their families to strengthen coping abilities. It is a New York State Department of Social Services (DSS) licensed assessment program providing up to 90 days of comprehensive inpatient diagnostic testing and evaluations in a structured, therapeutic setting.

Professional staff preparing reports include a board-certified child psychiatrist, psychologists, school-certified special education teachers and social workers. Final reports include psychiatric evaluation, psychological evaluation, social assessment, behavioral/independent living assessment, recreation assessment, educational evaluation and medical evaluation.

Success Story

"Bradley" is a 13 year old boy who was taken from an abusive living situation and placed into a foster home with his brother. Bradley was displaying aggressive, non-compliant behaviors toward his foster parents, making the home unsafe. When he arrived at the Diagnostic Center, Bradley had given up on being adopted and was very withdrawn.

Now, after appropriate care, Bradley has been successfully discharged to his foster parents and the adoption process has been initiated.

Many children who have come through our doors continue to stay in touch after they leave because of the positive connections they have made with staff.