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Parent support groups meet every month, are free of cost and open to the general public. Please call for more information.
Social Skills Groups are forming. Call now to reserve a place
for your child!
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ADHD, Mood & Behavior Center
ADHD, Mood & Behavior Center, with locations in Westfield, Ridgewood and Cedar Knolls, New Jersey, , is a uniquely comprehensive child therapy Center for children and adolescents with emotional, behavioral, social and academic difficulties, and for their families.
Our professional staff includes board certified child and adolescent
psychiatrists, highly specialized child & adolescent
behavior therapists and psychotherapists, learning consultants, organizational
skills coaches, speech & language therapists, occupational therapists
and nutritionists.
Though our clinical professionals are experts in diagnosis and treatment
of childhood disorders, we know from our vast experience that all children
and adolescents do not necessarily fit neatly into particular diagnostic
categories. As such, we believe in not simply looking for a "diagnosis".
Rather, we strive to understand each child and adolescent and his or
her needs, as well as those of their family, and to identify their
specific problem areas, whether they are emotional, behavioral, social
or academic. From this understanding, we design an individualized treatment
plan that effectively and practically helps each child and adolescent.
Children and adolescents who struggle with their MOODS may be experiencing
one of a variety of mood disorders such as depression, anxiety
disorders and childhood bipolar disorder, though it can simply be 'an excess of
emotion' which causes a child or adolescent to experience life as an
emotional 'roller coaster' that interferes with daily life.
Our goal in treatment is to help these children become more aware of their moods and learn how to influence, regulate and control them. Where appropriate, our board certified child psychiatrists will expertly and judiciously consider with you the appropriate use of medication as part of a treatment plan.
We teach what depression, anxiety and childhood bipolar disorder are and how they can affect a child's daily life. We have adolescent groups that meet regularly where teens can meet and discuss their experiences with bipolar disorder or depression, or simply their experiences with excessive mood swings.
Difficult, oppositional and defiant BEHAVIOR can disrupt a child's interactions
with teachers and classmates, with peers and with family. The tantrums
or even rages of a child with Oppositional Defiant Disorder or Childhood
Bipolar Disorder, or of a child with Asperger's
Disorder or Autism Spectrum
Disorders can tear a family apart
with tension and frustration. We teach children new ways of managing
their anger and teach parents specialized techniques to help them maintain
their child's behavioral control.
For children who lack the social skills or the self-confidence necessary to forge healthy relationships with peers, we help these children develop healthier and more effective social skills, within the framework of a group setting, where the intricacies of social interaction, as well as anger management and conflict resolution techniques, are taught.
Peer pressure or attempts at finding relief from the stresses and strains
of adolescence can sometimes lead to unhealthy experimentation with drugs and alcohol. We provide evaluations not just to treat substance
abuse,
but rather to discover the underlying causes of the substance abuse and
to treat them, as well.
Substance abuse is often a symptom of a greater problem, not the primary problem itself. In order to effectively treat substance abuse, it is crucial that the underlying problems are also addressed. These problems can be in the form of social or family issues, or can be due to an underlying psychiatric condition such as depression, anxiety or bipolar disorder. Too often, "substance abuse programs" focus solely on the substance abuse yet ignore the factors that directly led to it.
We provide substance abuse monitoring, drug and alcohol education, while addressing and treating the underlying problems. We teach adolescents tools that will enable them to healthily cope with stress so that the lure of drugs and alcohol is no longer so attractive.
Call Us Now to Start Getting Help for You and Your Child!
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