Typical Reasons for Referral:

• Non-compliant, defiant, and oppositional behaviors
• Problematic learning styles
• Actions significantly interrupting the learning experiences of other students
• Anxiety interfering with school attendance, educational achievement, and social interactions
• Transitioning from residential settings back into home and community settings
• Social difficulties including pervasive pragmatic deficits, isolation, alienation
• Bullying (both aggressor and targets)
• Facilitating positive collaboration between families and school systems
• Identity and self-esteem issues
• Disruptions of mood including suicidal thoughts, actions and self-injurious behaviors
• Global deficits affecting all spheres of experience requiring very high levels of external structure and support
• Confusion and struggles with reality/fantasy discrimination
• Inappropriate expressions of anger, including swearing, destruction of property, and aggression

Sample Diagnostic Profiles Served

Emotional/Affective Disorders

• Generalized Anxiety Disorder
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Bipolar Disorder
• Dysthymia
• Depression
• Seasonal Affective Disorder
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Reactive Attachment Disorder

Disruptive Disorders

• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• Conduct Disorder
• Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder
• Intermittent Explosive Disorder
• Oppositional Defiant Disorder

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Global/Pervasive Developmental Issues

• Genetic and Chromosomal Disorders
• Pervasive Developmental Disorder
• Cerebral Palsy
• Neurological Disorder
• Fetal Alcohol Disorder
• Dyspraxia

Medical Issues

• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Seizure Disorder
• Sensory Disorder
• Diabetes

Learning and Communication Disorders

• Non-Verbal Learning Disability
• Specific Learning Disability
• Receptive and Expressive Language Disorder
• Communication Disorder

Thought/Reality Testing Disorders

• Schizophrenia
• Schizoaffective Disorder
• Psychotic Disorder