Developmental and Behavioral Medicine

Developmental and Behavioral Medicine offers a comprehensive array of services for children, adolescents and their families with a range of developmental and behavioral difficulties. Specially-trained staff provides family-centered care tailored to the individual needs of each child and family.

Conditions we treat

• Adjustment disorders
• Attention and behavioral disorders including ADHD and associated conditions, such as oppositional-defiant behavior
• Autism spectrum disorders and other developmental disabilities
• Cognitive challenges, including intellectual disabilities
• Developmental delays including speech and language problems
• Discipline difficulties
• Elimination problems such as complicated toilet-training issues, enuresis (bedwetting), and encopresis (soiling)
• Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
• Learning challenges and other school-related learning problems
• Mood problems including anxiety and depression
• Regulatory disorders including sleep and feeding problems
• Tics, Tourette syndrome, and other habit disorders

Patients benefit from a multidisciplinary care team that includes board-certified developmental-behavioral pediatricians, nurse practitioners, social workers, speech and language pathologists, psychologists, and occupational and physical therapists. They work with children and families to identify a child's unique strengths and challenges and to develop a family-centered and culturally-sensitive treatment plan that is designed to help each child reach their greatest potential.