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Therapeutic day treatment programs play an important role in meeting the needs of youth with complex psychiatric presentations. This chapter describes the background, rationale, and structure of the UCLA Achievement, Behavior, Cognition program. The program, established in 1961, provides comprehensive mental health services to children ages 6–12 experiencing a range of mental health concerns. Children at ABC typically have complex diagnostic presentations, psychosocial contexts, and long histories in treatment. Treatment is delivered by a multidisciplinary treatment team, with a robust family intervention component. The approach is highly individualized and data-driven, with a heavy emphasis on measurement-based care. Treatment integrates a variety of evidence-based components, including behavioral parent training, individual and group cognitive-behavioral therapies, and applied behavioral analysis.

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Martinez, R.G., Schneider, B.N., McCracken, J.T., Peris, T.S. (2022). The UCLA Achievement, Behavior, Cognition (ABC) Program. In: Leffler, J.M., Frazier, E.A. (eds) Handbook of Evidence-Based Day Treatment Programs for Children and Adolescents. Issues in Clinical Child Psychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14567-4_8

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