At JCFS Integrated Pediatric Therapies, (IPT) we strive to think broadly about how we can best help a child.  We look at their various skills and how those skills impact their daily life and functioning.

Perhaps you feel as though you are not connecting with your baby the way you expected to, or maybe you are confused and overwhelmed by your child's behaviors, and feel unsure of what to do next. Social work services can help parents and their children work through these situations, as well as many others. 

Our experienced pediatric therapists, psychologists, and social workers meet with children and their families to:             

• Provide family support, especially during times of transition or increased stress
• Provide psycho-education for parents and children
• Utilize psychodynamic (insight-based) and cognitive behavioral (behavior modification) approaches to psychotherapy
• Work through challenges related to child development, parenting or parent/child relationship
• Provide Occupational, Speech, and Physical therapies

JCFS psychologists help children and parents understand and effectively respond to disruptive behaviors such as aggression, anger and non-compliance. Our family-focused approach is tailored to the unique needs of your child. Learn more about the Disruptive Behavior Clinic.

This is a good time of year for kids to be tested through psychological services, while there is still time to do the testing and put interventions into place before the school year is over.  Often parents wait until the Spring, and the evaluation becomes more useful for the following school year.  This time of year, the teachers have a sense of the students, there is time to do classroom observations, get the testing done and share feedback with the school, and still have a nice chunk of the year left to implement treatment.

We focus on working with your child as an individual, as well as a part of your whole family. Children, their thoughts and feelings, and their behaviors are created and influenced by various factors. These contributors include their own genetics and personalities, their family dynamics, the personalities of their family members and environmental components. We understand the interaction of these factors, as well as the fact that each individual and each family is unique.

Call today for a free consultation at 847.412.4379 or ipi@jcfs.org