Streamwood Behavioral Healthcare System Inpatient

Clients of all ages—from young children to adolescents, adults, and seniors—receive inpatient care at this psychiatric facility. Children as young as 3 can be admitted to specialized units designed to stabilize behaviors and emotions. Adolescents are placed in gender-based programs tailored to internalizing or externalizing symptoms, while adults receive individualized care for acute psychiatric crises. Services address a wide range of challenges, including suicidal thoughts, trauma responses, substance use, and co-occurring disorders.

Daily Structure and Clinical Services

Each unit offers structured daily programming that may include individual, group, and family therapy, academic support, medication monitoring, and expressive therapies such as art, music, and recreational therapy. Children and teens also receive social skills training, study support, and behavioral therapy. For adults, treatment integrates acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), the Resilience Toolkit—a trauma-informed program that teaches somatic, cognitive, and relational tools for nervous system regulation—and multicultural care approaches.

Creative Therapies and Specialized Autism Services

Patients participate in daily expressive therapy sessions led by credentialed professionals, using creative and recreational activities to build emotional regulation and coping strategies. The facility includes dedicated programming for children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders, using applied behavior analysis (ABA) and adapted therapies that meet sensory and communication needs. This structure supports both short-term stabilization and longer-term functional recovery.