In cooperation with community based mental health providers, we evaluate and treat children for behavior concerns and school problems including:
Inattention and lack of focus
Anxiety
Depression
If you have concerns about your child's behavioral development, please call our office and ask to speak to a nurse. We will discuss your concerns and gather information that will be used to determine how we can best help your child. If a Behavioral Evaluation with one of our providers is needed, we will schedule this visit for you and provide you with assessment tools that you can complete prior to the your visit. We will let you know if we would like you complete one of the assessment tools below and bring it to the visit.
What to Expect
Both you and your child will then meet with the doctor who will perform a thorough history and assessment and develop a behavioral health management plan for your child. Our providers may recommend additional counseling with a mental health provider or testing with a psychologist to best serve your child.
If the provider prescribes medication, he/she will want to follow up with your child within 1 month to assess your child's progress and to determine if the medication can be refilled. A patient coordinator will schedule this appointment with you before you leave the office.
After your child's initial evaluation, if medication is started, your child must be seen in 1 month in order to continue the medication. If your child is doing well with his/her medication, subsequent appointments will be scheduled every 3 months.
