If you are a health professional, school, government or community agency looking to refer a patient to AFHC, begin here.
Are you looking for treatment for yourself or a loved one? To find out more about our services and your treatment options, begin here.
If you believe your child would thrive in a different school environment, or benefit from educational testing to determine the presence of a developmental delay or learning disability, we can help. Begin here.
If you believe your child would thrive in a different school environment, or benefit from educational testing to determine the presence of a developmental delay or learning disability, we can help. Begin here.
Wilderness therapy offers an alternative approach to traditional, office-based “talk therapy.” To find out if it's right for your loved one, begin here.
How It Works
Living with specific challenges or difficulties is very different from knowing how to live with them successfully and facing challenges like ADHD, addiction or personal conflict alone can often feel like being put in a boat in the open water without being taught how to sail. To give patients every opportunity to successfully navigate their challenges and live brighter lives, all patients new to the Adolescent & Family Health Center receive a comprehensive intake assessment that includes gathering information on all five of life’s major performance areas: medical, emotional, social, educational, and vocational. With your permission, we obtain histories and records from schools, family members, and other relevant professionals. The intake assessment and other gathered data gives us insight into each patient’s specific circumstances and enhances our abilities to provide the most effective:
- Medical evaluation and monitoring
- Primary and preventive health care
- Psychological or psycho-educational evaluation
- Educational assessment
- Advocacy regarding educational matters
- Study and organizational skills training
- Therapeutic outdoor programs
- Consultation and liaison services with the courts, schools, and other professionals
- Neuropsychological and developmental evaluations
- Individual, group, and marital counseling
- Outpatient treatment of chemical dependency
- Stress and anger management
- Child therapy
- Couples/Marriage Counseling
For example, depending upon their intake assessment, a patient seeking medical treatment for ADHD may also receive any combination of the following:
- Individual or family counseling to learn how to manage the symptoms of ADHD in daily life
- An educational assessment or psycho-educational evaluation to determine whether there are specific actions that can be taken to improve a patient’s performance at school
- The advocacy of an educational consultant at their school or college
- Access to an academic specialist
- Wilderness and experiential therapy
- Social skills development
By providing access to a wide spectrum of treatment options tailored specifically to the individual, patients gain the understanding, tools, confidence, identity, knowledge and the ability to successfully manage school, work, and their peer, personal and family relationships.