Patient and Family Education

• Adolescent Partial Hospitalization Program (PDF) (Spanish)
• Anxiety and OCD Group Treatment Program (PDF) (Spanish)
• Anxiety and OCD Group Caregiver Slides (PDF) (Japanese) (Simplified Chinese) (Spanish) (Vietnamese)
• Anxiety and OCD Group Tween Workbook (PDF) (Spanish)
• Anxiety and OCD Group Teen Workbook (PDF) (Spanish)
• Anxiety Intensive Outpatient Program (PDF) (Russian) (Spanish)
• Anxiety Intensive Outpatient Program Caregiver Slides (PDF) (Russian) (Spanish) 
• Anxiety Intensive Outpatient Program Caregiver Workbook (PDF) (Russian) (Spanish) 
• Child and Adolescent Latino Mental Health Assessment and Treatment Clinic (CALMA) (PDF) (Spanish)
• Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS) (PDF)
• Continuing Selective Mutism Exposures During a Pandemic (PDF) (Spanish)
• Co-occurring Disorder Outpatient Assessment and Treatment Program (PDF) (Spanish)
• Coping and Mood Management Group for Teens Information Flyer (PDF)
• Coping and Mood Management Group Caregiver Slides (PDF) (Spanish)
• Coping and Mood Management Group Caregiver Workbook (PDF) (Spanish)
• Coping with Needle Procedures Group Workbook (PDF) (Spanish)
• Coping with Needle Procedures Group Slides (PDF) (Spanish)
• Coping With Needles Group (PDF) (Spanish)
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (PDF) (Russian) (Simplified Chinese) (Spanish)
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Community Resources (PDF) (Spanish)
• Early Childhood Clinic Parent Anxiety Group (PDF) (Spanish)
• Early Childhood Caregiver Anxiety Group Slides (PDF) (Spanish)
• Early Childhood Anxiety Caregiver Group Goals Sheet (PDF) (Spanish)
• Escalation Cycle (PDF) (Spanish)
• Group Therapy Telehealth Visit Guidelines (PDF) (Spanish)
• Guidelines for Choosing a Mental Health Provider (PDF) (Spanish)
• Incredible Years Parent Groups (PDF)
• Managing Disruptive Behaviors (PDF)
• Medicine Evaluation Visit (PDF) (Spanish)
• Mental Health Services for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (DHH) Children and Their Families (PDF)
• Outpatient Mental Health Treatment (PDF)
• Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) (PDF)
• Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) Community Resources (PDF)
• PATTERN - Parents and Tweens Tuning In, Engaging, Relating, and Nurturing Group treatment program for caregivers and tweens (PDF) (Spanish)
• Program to Enhance Attention, Regulation and Learning (PEARL): What to expect at your PEARL evaluation (PDF)
• Referral Resources for Families with Children Age Birth to Five Years (PDF)
• Selective Mutism Parent and Child Group Program Information Flyer (PDF) (Spanish)
• Selective Mutism Caregiver Group Slides (PDF) (Russian) (Spanish)
• Selective Mutism Caregiver Group Packet (PDF) (Spanish)
• Selective Mutism Caregiver Group Daily Feedback Form (PDF) (Spanish)
• Selective Mutism Caregiver Group Daily Brave Talking Exposure Tracking Sheet (PDF) (Spanish)
• STAND – Teen Autonomy Building Program (PDF)
• Stepped Care in Outpatient Psychiatry (PDF)
• Substance Use Disorder Assessment Services (PDF) (Spanish)
• SuperParenting Children - Parent Behavior Management Group Information flyer (PDF)
• SuperParenting Teens: Parent Coaching Group Information Flyer (PDF)
• SuperParenting Group Program Caregiver Slides (PDF) (Simplified Chinese) (Spanish)
• SuperParenting Group Caregiver Workbook (PDF) (Simplified Chinese) (Spanish)
• Tips for Supporting Your Child Going Back to School During COVID-19 (PDF) (Spanish)
• Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) (PDF)
• What to Expect During an Assessment for Anxiety or OCD (PDF) (Spanish)

We offer a number of groups for children, teens and their parents and caregivers. Treatment in a group format is shown to be highly effective. It also allows more families to receive care. We hear from families that our groups provide support and connection and help to reduce the stigma that can come with having a mental health condition.

Before your child or teen can join one of our groups, they need to have an evaluation appointment. This will help us understand the child’s diagnoses and come up with a treatment plan. Taking part in a treatment group may be one of the recommendations that comes from their evaluation.

Treatment groups provide hands-on skills and education to children and adolescents who struggle with their emotions and behaviors. Many of our groups also have a parent group that takes place at the same time. Some programs are parent-only groups that provide skills and education to parents without their child present. We create treatment groups based on current research and best practice for treating mental health conditions.

How to get services

If you are new to Seattle Children’s Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine clinics and are interested in signing your child up for a group, you will need to get a referral from your primary care provider. They will need to send us a referral for the group you are interested in. If we receive a referral from your provider, we will let them know if we have an opening or not. If we have room in the group, we will contact you to answer questions to see if the group is a good fit and then we will schedule an evaluation appointment. Learn more about how to get mental health services at Seattle Children’s.

If you are a current patient, please talk with your Seattle Children’s provider. They can recommend a group, as well as provide a referral.

Cost

The cost of each group differs. We will bill your child’s insurance for each session you attend. Read more for details on a specific group.

• Anxiety

  Anxiety Program 

  • Audience: Ages 5–17 (split into separate groups, based on age)
  • Locations: Hospital Campus and North Clinic in Everett
  • Number of sessions: 9 + an individual feedback session
  • Date and time: At this time, all group sessions are being held via a telemedicine/video visit platform. Several groups are offered throughout the week. Information on days and times will be shared with families when our scheduling team contacts them to schedule. Some in-person groups may resume in the future.
  • Format: Child and parent groups offered at the same time (parent/caregiver attendance is required) 

  Early Childhood Anxiety Parent Group

  • Audience: Caregivers of preschool-age children ages 3 to 6 who have anxiety
  • Location: Telehealth video visits from home
  • Number of sessions: 8
  • Format: Parent class
  • Read More (link to PDF) (Spanish).

  School Avoidance Group 

  • Audience: Parents and caregivers of any school age child/teen
  • Locations: Telehealth video platform
  • Number of sessions: 8 sessions, 1 hour per week
  • Date and time: Varies
  • Format: Group class from home video stream – parents and caregivers only
  • Read more (PDF) (Spanish). 

  Selective Mutism Group 

  • Audience: Parents and children ages 3–7 and 8–12
  • Locations: Hospital Campus
  • Number of sessions: 8
  • Date and time: Tuesdays from 10–11:30 a.m. (for ages 3-7) and Thursdays from 10–11:30 a.m. (for ages 8-12)
  • Format: Child and parent groups offered at the same time
  • Read more (PDF) (Spanish).
• Cancer
  • Middle School Life (After Cancer) (PDF)
  • High School Cancer Group (PDF) (Spanish)
  • AYA Cancer Group (PDF)
• Eating disorders

  Meal Support 

  • Audience: Parents of children (any age) with eating disordered behavior
  • Location: Hospital Campus
  • Number of sessions: 1
  • Date and time: Thursdays from 5–7 p.m. or Sundays from 12:30–2:30 p.m.
  • Format: Parent group
  • Read more (PDF). 

  Skills Training for Adolescents in Recovery (STAR) 

  • Audience: Adolescents (ages 13–17) in ongoing outpatient treatment
  • Location: Hospital Campus
  • Number of sessions: Ongoing
  • Format: Adolescent group
  • Read more (PDF).
• ADHD

  ADHD First Steps Parent Education Class

  • Audience: Caregivers of children and adolescents aged 5 to 15 who have ADHD or may have ADHD.
  • Number of sessions: 3
  • Location: Telehealth video visits from home
  • Format: Parent class
  • Read more (PDF). 

  Incredible Years 

  • Audience: Parents of children ages 8–11 who have ADHD
  • Number of sessions: 20
  • Location: Hospital Campus
  • Date and Time: Wednesdays from 4–6 p.m.
  • Format: Parent group
  • Read more (PDF). 

  Incredible Years and Dinosaur School 

  • Audience: Ages 6–8
  • Number of sessions: 20
  • Location: Bellevue and Hospital Campus
  • Date and Time: Thursdays from 4–6 p.m.
  • Format: Parent and child group 

  STAND Program

  • Audience: Teens 6th to 12th grade with ADHD, learning problems or difficulty organizing along with their parent/caregiver
  • Number of sessions: 8 to 12
  • Location: Telehealth video visits from home
  • Date and Time: Weekly, 60-minute sessions for up to 3 months, time tbd
  • Format: Teen/parent therapy
  • Read more (PDF)

  SuperParenting Teens  

  • Audience: Parents of adolescents age 12 to 15 with difficulties managing emotions and behaviors/completing tasks
  • Number of sessions: 10
  • Location: Telehealth video visits from home
  • Format: Parent group
  • Read more (PDF). 

  SuperParenting Children  

  • Audience: Parents of children age 6 to 12 with challenging behaviors including trouble listening, arguing, not completing tasks, or tantrums
  • Number of sessions: 8
  • Location: Telehealth video visits from home
  • Date and Time: Several groups are offered throughout the week
  • Format: Parent group
  • Read more (PDF). 
• Early childhood

  Incredible Years (Early Childhood) 

  • Audience: Parents of children ages 2–5
  • Number of sessions: 18
  • Location: Telehealth video group visits
  • Date and Time: Thursdays from 1–3 p.m.
  • Format: Parent groups

  Parent Anxiety Group (Early Childhood) 

  • Audience: Parents of children ages 3–6
  • Number of sessions: 8
  • Location: Hospital Campus and North Clinic in Everett
  • Date and Time: At this time, all group sessions are being held via a telemedicine/video visit platform. Several groups are offered throughout the week. Information on days and times will be shared with families when our scheduling team contacts them to schedule. Some in-person groups may resume in the future.
  • Format: Parent group

• Guided Pathways provides support for families and their children living in King County. They provide one-to-one parent support to help guide parents while their child is having difficulty and during recovery. They also provide peer support to guide youth through difficult times.
• List of support groups at Seattle Children’s

• DSHS/Medicaid

If your child is covered only by DSHS/Medicaid and lives outside King County, we can only treat your child in our clinics if their county has a contract with us for services. Medicaid requires patients to see a mental health provider who has a contract in the county where the patient lives. Look up providers by county(PDF).

• Web Resources for Families of Children and Adolescents with Emotional and Behavioral Needs (PDF)

• How and when to talk to your kids about mental health (New Day Northwest)

• 6 Tips for Reducing Anxiety (Audio: 27:46)

• Do You Have an Anxious Child? (Audio: 26:45)

• Interventions for Children with ADHD (Audio: 14:05)

• 5 Tips for Parenting a Child With ADHD (Audio: 30:27)

• Recognizing ADHD in Children (Audio: 32:06)

• What to Do If Your Kid Is Suicidal (Audio: 13:43)

• So You Think Your Kid Is Depressed (Audio: 25:05)

• How Do You Know If Your Kid Is Depressed (Audio: 22:01)