Residential and Day Treatment
Comprehensive care for children and youth
Hillsides offers both short-term residential treatment programs and day treatment options for children age six through young adulthood on our beautiful 17-acre Pasadena campus.
Children in our residential programs stay with us overnight throughout their course of treatment. Every child is safe in our recently updated cottages where they have their own room, access to a phone, and are supervised day and night by our highly trained team, including our 24/7 nursing staff. Complete with outdoor spaces that residents can enjoy year-round, our campus also offers a student life center with an art room, game room, recording studio, and gymnasium.
Clients in our day treatment programs are able to receive treatment on the same campus. Through consistent daily living-skill activities, social building, enrichment activities and strength-based therapeutic support, children receive care to restore hope and encourage a pathway towards a secure future.
HillsidesCares is a comprehensive treatment program serving children six to 17 years old across three levels of care: residential, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient. Our team works together with families and insurance providers to determine the best treatment plan to meet each family’s unique needs. This continuum of care allows clients to transition within their care options as their needs evolve, and to maintain consistent treatment teams throughout their healing journey. The clinical schedule includes individual, group and family psychotherapy, skill-building, academic tutoring, art therapy, music therapy and other enrichment programming.
Hillsides’ Pasadena campus is home to our legacy short-term residential treatment program for children that have experienced trauma, are unable to live at home, or grapple with severe emotional, psychological, or behavioral challenges. Our specialized program, HillsidesHome, offers tailored support for LGBTQIA2S+ youth, ensuring they receive gender-affirming care and advocacy. Our care teams are trained to work with our clients in respectful and affirming ways, using the latest research-backed practices to provide personalized care.
Our compassionate team of experts work directly with families and county agencies to tailor a specialized treatment program which can include a range of therapeutic interventions, including individual, group, and family psychotherapy, academic tutoring, as well as enriching activities like art therapy and music therapy. Together, we are committed to providing the support and care needed for children to heal and thrive.
"Hillsides has been an incredibly positive experience for our family. The care my child received was consistent and high-quality. We received regular communication from the therapy and psychiatry teams. My child is leaving the program in a much better place than she started."
Hillsides
940 Avenue 64
Pasadena, CA 91105
323.254.2274
Stability, safety and promise. These are our North Stars for the youth who call the Hillsides Residential Treatment Program home.
Monica joined our legacy program in March of 2021, finding a safe haven in our 17-acre park-like grounds that equip budding youth like Monica to experience emotional healing and develop coping skills through individualized therapeutic services.
In March 2022 she transitioned to a foster home but was quickly removed due to struggling relationally with her roommate and refusing to attend school. With this transition, our program thankfully had a bed available in a cottage, and she was welcomed with open arms.
Through consistent daily living-skill activities, social building, enrichment activities, and strength-based therapeutic support, Monica received the round-the-clock care she needed to restore hope and encourage a pathway towards a secure future. Through consistency and intentionality, her therapy and psychiatry support were unwavering; she regained her appetite for school—maintaining the same school throughout this season, and even attended prom. The Hillsides family is thrilled that she was able to enjoy a typical end-of-high school experience, achieve her mental health goals, and eventually return to living with family.
