Children’s Autism Spectrum Disorder Unit
Brentwood Hospital in Shreveport, Louisiana, provides a specialized treatment program for children with autism spectrum disorder. The program addresses the unique behavioral needs of each child.
Specialty Autism Program for Children in Shreveport, LA
At Brentwood Hospital, we embrace each child (ages 4 to 12) to create individualized treatment plans that can help reduce or eliminate problematic behaviors. Comprehensive treatment includes individual and family engagement aimed at creating a collaborative understanding of behaviors.
Each treatment experience is tailored to keep children and families moving toward improved outcomes that can continue beyond the child’s stay at our facility. Our multidisciplinary treatment team incorporates data-driven and culturally responsive treatment interventions while providing a nurturing, trauma-informed and compassionate therapeutic environment to help our patients on the path to recovery.
Staff uses evidence-based treatment interventions and encourages positive replacement behaviors. Our focus is on trust, empowerment, compassion and building individual resiliency. Our goal is to enhance your child’s skills so that they can more effectively communicate their needs, desires and choices.
We incorporate training for parents, guardians and family members in weekly sessions for the duration of their child’s treatment and offer medication management services as needed. Our goal is to help your child return to their community as soon as possible (ideally within 21-30 days).
Child autism spectrum treatment highlights
- High staff-to-patient ratio – Direct care staff trained in Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA)
- 24/7 nursing care
- Daily assessment and medical care by pediatrician and psychiatrist
- Interventions designed by a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst
- Functional behavioral assessments
- Behavior support plans
- Reinforcement-based interventions
- Programming for generalization of skills across staff, settings and materials
- Graphic representations of patient performance
- Individualized social skills intervention
- Individualized parent training
- Licensed therapist to provide individual and family therapy
- Activity therapy and recreational activities to help your child learn coping skills
- Structured programming with a focus on consistent routines and visual schedules
- Assistance with communication, hygiene and other activities of daily living
Treatment teams supporting kids living with autism
The treatment team can include:
- Psychiatrists
- Licensed registered nurses
- Board-certified behavior analysts
- Master’s-level LPC and MSW therapists
- Activity therapists
- ASD TEACCH-trained educational director
- Mental health technicians with applied behavior analysis
Clinical referral and admissions process
Request a confidential referral for any program 24/7 or call 318-678-7500. An intake counselor will evaluate the needs of the patient and potentially schedule their appointment for a confidential assessment on the same day. (If admission isn’t indicated, we’ll link the patient to alternate resources.)