Developmental & Behavioral Services

helping you help your child so you can parent more confidently

Helping Children Reach New Heights

Created to Thrive provides developmental & behavioral evaluations that, while extremely comprehensive in scope, are specifically tailored to each child’s individual needs and concerns.

Our “whole-child” approach to care means that we, first and foremost, want to gather whatever information is needed to better understand YOUR child. As the parent /caregiver, YOU are the foremost expert on your child. As such, the information you provide – regarding your child’s medical, developmental, and behavioral history, as well as any observations you have made, or insight you may have – will all be essential to your child’s formal developmental and behavioral evaluation. In addition, it is oftentimes very helpful to gather information from other family members, as well as your child’s teachers, therapists, daycare providers and other service providers (if/when applicable).

Your child’s medical history and examination, developmental history and evaluation, family history, social history, educational & therapeutic history will ALL be given careful consideration during their formal developmental and behavioral evaluation AND the formulation of all medical, developmental, behavioral, and educational treatment recommendations and overall “plan of care”.

Clinical Interests

Who We See In Clinic

We see children who have a variety of medical, developmental & behavioral concerns, including children who have:

  • Concerns for Developmental Delays
  • Concerns for Intellectual Disability (ID)
  • Concerns for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
  • Infants and children who are at increased risk of medical, developmental & behavioral concerns due to their history of a variety of prenatal (in utero) & postnatal concerns (see “High Risk Infant” page for additional information)
  • Concerns for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Social & Behavioral concerns/challenges
  • Speech & learning concerns/challenges
  • Children who have a variety of medical concerns that are known to increase their risk for medical, developmental & behavioral concerns, such as: cerebral palsy (CP), spina bifida, congenital heart disease, & various (suspected or confirmed) genetic & metabolic disorders

Services We Provide

Comprehensive developmental & behavioral assessments
Community resources and support
Individualized treatment recommendations & “plan of care”
Referrals to other providers (as appropriate)
Extensive parent education & guidance
Follow-up care, if and as needed

Services Outside of Scope

  • Formal diagnostic evaluations for specific Learning Disorders, such as: dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, and nonverbal learning disorder. If your child’s developmental and behavioral evaluation raises concern(s) for a Learning Disorder, a referral (to the most appropriate provider who can complete this type of diagnostic evaluation) will be provided and/or other diagnostic options will be discussed (example: your child’s school district may be able to complete this type of diagnostic evaluation).
  • Formal diagnostic evaluations using the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS). Should this additional diagnostic evaluation be deemed “necessary” (by myself – for diagnostic clarification), or be desired (by a child’s parent/caregiver), a referral for this will be provided. 

If you have any questions regarding our scope please feel free to reach out and contact us. 

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