The Family Clinic has been an integral part of the holistic approach to care for children at Child and Family Development for well over 10 years.
Since 2001, Pleas Geyer, M.D. from Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte has led this collaboration. The Family Clinic has broadened it’s scope to include not only children with ADD and ADHD, but also autism spectrum disorders, developmental delays and disorders, anxiety, depression, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, and other emotional issues.
The Family Clinic occurs at our Midtown clinic, typically on Wednesday during the late afternoon and evening.
The treatment goal is to carefully monitor and support children, including medication therapy, focusing on the impact on development and school performance. For these children, a four-prong approach makes a major impact on their sense of esteem and success:
- A thorough evaluation that presents a clear picture of the type of attention disorder and any attending problems that coexist with ADD and ADHD.
- Parent and child education, to teach the parents ways to guide and support as well as to recognize patterns that mean the problem needs to be "re-framed". Children need to learn self-acceptance.
- Classroom modifications that enable a teacher to provide successful school experiences, in-school resource help, and/or private therapy that address learning problems.
- Medication therapy with frequent drug monitoring and necessary modifications. The American Medical Association, Pediatric Division, recommends a medication recheck every 4 months while a patient is taking medication to treat ADD and ADHD.
All of our other pediatric therapy team members, particularly the Child Psychologist and Educational Specialist, are available for consultation in conjunction with Dr. Geyer's expertise.
Call us to learn more about The Family Clinic.
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