SPECIALIZED ADOLESCENTS AND KIDS PROGRAMS

Intensive Outpatient Program

A Higher Level of Care For Youth

Care Designed With Youth In Mind

When your child requires more help than a weekly therapy appointment can accomplish, Josselyn’s Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) provides a higher level of care within a group setting, with the goal of avoiding hospital-based inpatient programs.

Our diverse team of group therapists, family therapists, and psychiatrists/advanced practice nurses (APNs) provide comprehensive care, as well as a continuum of step-down services as participants progress within the program.

Call to contact the IOP Team: 847-441-5600

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What To Expect

A brand new IOP space for youth

  • Josselyn’s IOP is open to youth ages eight to 17.
  • The IOP space is designed with youth in mind and located at 100 North Atkinson Road, Grayslake, IL 60030
  • Participants will work together in groups to learn evidenced-based skills needed to cope with mental health challenges including anxiety, depression, impulsivity, and self-injurious behaviors
  • The program includes a weekly family therapy session to ensure support and parental involvement
  • Participants will receive a psychiatric evaluation and follow up as needed
  • The IOP offers services from 9 am to 7 pm, Monday – Thursday
    • Following determination of assessment, cohort time will be assigned

What To Know

Customized to your child and your family’s individualized needs, your IOP plan will be developed in partnership with other Josselyn and community resources to provide the highest level of coordinated care.

  • The IOP team will coordinate care with each participant’s current outpatient providers, including their outpatient psychiatrist and therapist
  • Coordination with outpatient providers is essential in your child’s care in order to chart progress and develop an effective discharge plan upon completion of the IOP
  • If your child does not have current outpatient providers, we will work closely with your family to provide referrals to connect your child to ongoing care upon their discharge from the IOP
  • This can include individual and family therapy referrals, psychiatric referrals, and group therapy referrals based upon the individualized needs of your child and family

Meet the IOP Program Director

Megan Jaenicke, LCSW
Clinical Director of Grayslake and Intensive Outpatient Program
  • More than 15 years of experience working with youth and adolescents in higher levels of care
  • Four years’ experience as a Crisis Prevention Institute Instructor
  • Utilizes a trauma-informed, person-centered, strengths-based, and solution-focused approach to intervene in crisis situations and to build a therapeutic relationship that engages both individuals and families
  • Believes that the therapeutic relationship is key in helping adolescents, young adults, and families create a safe space in which they can explore and navigate current stressors/challenges to improve overall independent and family functioning.
  • Call to contact the IOP Team: 847-441-5600

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Comprehensive Care Tailored To Your Child’s Needs

Josselyn’s IOP can help provide a higher level of care. Begin the conversation today.

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