With a capacity of 12 beds, we often have 10 to 12 children at the Child Center at Rogers’ campus in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. It’s a safe, secure environment where you can rest assured your child is receiving quality care while living on site for approximately 45 to 60 days. 

Treatment components

Your child’s treatment is unique to his or her needs. He or she will experience individual and group therapy with a board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrist, a therapist and a behavioral specialist several times a week. 

In these sessions, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is the proven effective foundation of care, along with an emphasis on exposure and response prevention (ERP) for OCD and anxiety.  Both are treatments of choice for OCD and anxiety. 

We help your child reduce symptoms as he or she learns to identify and correct errors in thinking and gain skills to manage thoughts that can impact behavior. With ERP, they develop hierarchies to gradually increase exposure to their obsessions and compulsions—and learn to manage them. 

Experiential therapy is important, too. Walking on a trail, planting spring flowers, being challenged on a ropes course, spending time with a pet … all are experiences that help build communication, cooperation, confidence and skills like problem-solving. 

Treatment and therapy may also include: 

• Medication management
• Nutrition and health education 
• Field trips and outings
• Spiritual care
• Personal recovery plan for continuing care

Family involvement 

You know your child best. As a parent or family member, you play an important role in successful treatment outcomes. At the Child Center, family education and therapy sessions help you and your child work through common challenges and build stronger relationships.

Parent University helps parents and caregivers become familiar with the types of treatment and terminology your child learns during treatment. Through a series of educational seminars, our clinical staff helps you feel more confident and comfortable in applying the principles you’ll learn. 

By joining in, you help ensure a successful transition back home. 

Education services and advocacy 

Your child can stay as active in school as possible during his or her stay. We hold school daily at the Child Center. Rogers’ certified teachers will, with consent, work directly with your child’s school to assess educational needs and help with reintegration.
 

The unique environment of the Child Center allows our staff to gauge your child’s ability to interact with other children, to assess his or her progress in therapy activities, and see first-hand how your child will react when facing a variety of challenging situations.

The center provides structured therapeutic programming seven days per week. Here’s what a typical weekday looks like:

In addition to the individual sessions with the psychiatrist and other treatment team members scheduled throughout the day and week, residential counselors are available 24 hours a day. The residential counselors provide assistance and one-to-one support for your child to help her or him stay compliant with treatment, set daily goals, problem solve, identify their feelings and assist with other issues that may be part of the treatment plan. 

The Child Center’s staff members excel at connecting with the children in their care. They know how to strike a balance between enthusiastically guiding your child through the center’s activities and providing emotional support during challenging situations or tough transitions.

While staying at the Child Center, your child has access to a full range of health specialists specifically trained for their age group, including:

• Board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrists
• Licensed clinical psychologists
• Master’s level therapists
• Behavioral specialists
• Pediatric, family practice and internal medicine physicians
• Registered psychiatric nurses
• Registered dietitians
• Experiential therapists
• Certified teachers
• Child and adolescent trained counselors

Our staff stays up-to-date with the latest advances in emotional and behavioral treatment and can provide valuable guidance to help your child reach his or her goals.

Cuong Tieu, MD

Medical Director, Child Center

 

Cuong Tieu, MD, is the medical director of the Child Center on the Rogers Memorial Hospital–Oconomowoc campus. Dr. Tieu specializes in treating children with emotional, learning or behavioral difficulties stemming from psychiatric illness, medical illness, learning disabilities and developmental disabilities. Dr. Tieu completed his undergraduate training in biochemistry at Northwestern University in Illinois. He received his medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin in 2004, where he also completed his general psychiatry residency and fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry, serving as chief fellow. Board certified in child and adolescent psychiatry and in general psychiatry, Dr. Tieu has worked in multiple practice settings, providing psychiatric care ranging from acute inpatient services to clinic-based outpatient services.

A member of the American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Dr. Tieu emphasizes the importance of educating and partnering with families, as well as utilizing pharmacogenetics (the study of genetic differences that can affect individual responses to drugs) to create custom treatment plans.

Eddie Tomaich, PhD

Clinical Services Manager, Child Center

As clinical services manager of Rogers Child Center and Rogers FOCUS Adolescent Mood Disorders Program, Eddie Tomaich, PhD, finds his experience in family-based therapy has made him well-versed in providing intensive, comprehensive care.

Previously a lead therapist for community-based youth and family services, Dr. Tomaich’s goal now as manager for the Child Center is to offer your child and your family the skills you need to be healthy. “Family plays a vital role in ensuring that these young kids can be successful when they leave Rogers and I hope to actively involve them in the healing process,” he says.

Dr. Tomaich explains that this program builds upon your child’s existing skills to help empower him or her. “By providing each child with the techniques to overcome life’s challenges, we know they will be better prepared to manage what the future has in store for them.”