The San Francisco virtual mental health provider will offer the cognitive behavioral therapy-based (CBT) program in partnership with school districts, which will refer students to the program. It includes 12 weekly therapy sessions for parents to help them learn how to address their children’s behavioral health issues. Children attend sessions as needed and recommended by the clinician.
Daybreak Health has named the offering Elementary Family Teletherapy.
“When kids are elementary-aged, family involvement can have a significant impact on their success, both at home and in school,” Juan Treviño, clinical director at Daybreak Health, said in a news release. “Each student has their own unique challenges, so we can’t expect there to be a one-size-fits-all approach to mental health support.
“Working with each family on a personalized program helps to teach them the skills they need to best support their child.”
The new product follows the news of the company’s latest funding round and reflects how Daybreak Health plans to deploy those funds. At the beginning of August, the company announced it had raised $13 million in a Series B round. In part, the company plans to expand its geographic reach and add new programs to its offerings for school districts.
On top of therapy, Daybreak Health offers regular check-ins with families and children when they are old enough to engage in therapy on their own, as well as live classes.
The company was founded in 2019 and provides virtual mental health services for children via partnerships with school districts and health plans, especially Medicaid.
“Schools play a vital role in addressing the youth mental health crisis, not only for providing services that are directly used by students but for families as well — who are a crucial part of the solution,” Daybreak Health CEO and co-Founder Alex Alvarado said in the release. “Family-focused intervention has proven to be effective in resolving mental health challenges – particularly for young children who are starting to build their core behavioral skills. With the right resources in place, families can proactively become part of the solution and help to set their kids up for success.”
The mental health of children and teens has steadily worsened over the last 10 years but steeply declined during the coronavirus pandemic. And telehealth and other virtual mental health solutions are seen as key solutions to the challenge.
An analysis of over 1 billion anonymized medical claims by LexisNexis Risk Solutions finds that telehealth visits for mental health grew 84 times higher in 2022 compared to 2019. Teen and child utilization increased by 36%.
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