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Children’s Hospital Colorado
Anschutz Medical Campus
13123 East 16th Avenue
Aurora, CO 80045
Emergency and urgent care locations
In life-threatening emergencies, find the emergency room location nearest you. For non-life-threatening medical needs when your pediatrician is unavailable, visit one of our urgent care locations.
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Medical Day Treatment Services We Provide
A school tailor-made for students who need to be close to care so families don’t have to choose between education and health. Here, they go hand-in-hand.
Through the Medical Day Treatment Program, students have regular access to experts and integrated services to meet their unique medical, schooling and mental health needs.
Where curriculum meets care
Our program runs Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. through the calendar year and includes:
Academic programming
- Daily classroom support and specialized learning plans during the school year
- Year-round programming, including summer
- Community outings
Clinical care
- Comprehensive evaluation and individualized treatment plans
- Therapeutic setting
- Daily nursing support
- Psychiatric consultation, as needed
- Individual and group mental health therapy
Family and team support
- Monthly family meetings with education and medical teams
- Dedicated family support throughout treatment
- Coordinated transition planning with area school districts when a student transitions to a more traditional school setting
Daily needs
- Breakfast, lunch, beverages and snacks
- Medically appropriate door-to-door transportation
Health needs that are common in medical day treatment
Our team provides supportive medical and mental health care so students can immerse themselves in typical school-day activities, from academics to art classes to field trips. Common diagnoses include, but are not limited to:
- Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes
- Severe asthma or breathing conditions
- Neurological disorders, including seizures
- Heart conditions
- Solid organ transplants
- Autoimmune diseases
- Cancer and blood diseases
- Sickle cell anemia
- Chronic pain
- Kidney disease
- Gastrointestinal problems
Teaching staff
Our classrooms are staffed by professional educators and paraprofessionals, medical specialists, mental health experts, child life specialists and creative arts therapists to ensure days are filled with enriching and therapeutic activities.
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Contact us
For more information, or if you are a physician seeking to make a referral, please call 720-777-6200.