Intensive Outpatient Program
When teens ages 12-18 need extra support with their mental health, our IOP can help. IOP offers structured therapy and skill-building that goes beyond regular counseling, while still letting patients attend school and live at home. Our team of mental health therapists, psychiatrists and psychiatric nurses provides care at our Akron, Boardman, Canton and Mansfield locations.
IOP is designed for teens who:
- Struggle with emotional or behavioral challenges.
- Need more support than weekly therapy sessions.
- Want to develop better coping skills.
What to expect:
- Sessions meet 3 times a week in the late afternoon or early evening.
- Most patients stay in the program for 4-6 weeks.
- Teens work in groups to learn helpful skills and ways to cope.
- Parents, caregivers and family members may take part in learning sessions.
- Teens must have their own mental health therapist outside of the program.
The program helps teens:
- Make healthier choices.
- Improve relationships with family.
- Handle stressful situations better.
- Build confidence and self-awareness.
Intensive Outpatient Program, Akron
Akron Children's Intensive Outpatient Program, AkronConsidine Professional Building
215 West Bowery Street
Level 2
Akron, Ohio 44308
Fax: 330-543-3856
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Hours
Monday : 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Tuesday : 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Wednesday : 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Thursday : 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Friday : 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Department: 330-543-5015
Intensive Outpatient Program, Boardman
Akron Children's Intensive Outpatient Program, BoardmanTeegan Kamzelski Building
6614 Southern Boulevard
Building E
Boardman, Ohio 44512
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Appointments: 330-543-5015
Accepting new patients
Rihab Mohamed, MD
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist; Medical Director, Partial Hospitalization Program
Accepting new patients
- Teens must be between ages 12-18 and still in school.
- Teens and parents/legal guardians must seek treatment voluntarily.
- Parents/legal guardians must agree to participate in their teen’s individual treatment plan.
- Teens must be committed to safety for themselves and others while in the program.
- Teens must participate in all program sessions and cannot choose to attend only certain sessions, such as individual psychiatric services.
- PHP and IOP are not for teens with a primary diagnosis of eating disorders, substance abuse disorders or significant behavior disorders.
After-Hours Crisis
If you feel your teen is in immediate crisis and out of control, we encourage you to call 911.
If your teen is in crisis and at risk of harming himself or others but is not out of control, you can call Akron Children’s Psychiatric Intake Response Center (PIRC) at 330-543-7472 or bring your child to the Akron Children’s ER.
PIRC offers round-the-clock mental health assessments by phone and may direct families to the ER for evaluation. Akron Children’s has a Behavioral Health ER unit dedicated to patients with emotional and behavioral health issues that is equipped with a calming, secure environment and staff trained to de-escalate behavior, and stabilize and assess patients in crisis.
