Child & Adolescent Services:

Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy for children between the ages of 4 &18 involves talking, playing, drawing, or using other means of expressing thoughts, feelings and behavior to enhance mental health. Psychotherapy assists children who are experiencing depression or anxiety, and is a component of helping children to develop effective coping and social skills. Psychotherapy with children often includes working with family members or other significant people in the child’s life.

Consultation Services
Consultation Services are developed to meet the specific needs of the individual, group or organization initiating the request. Potential services include, but are not limited to: program development, training and case consultation.

General Assessment
Assessment services are available for children & adolescents between the ages of 3 & 18. Areas of evaluation include learning ability, academic performance, daily living skills and social and emotional development. Problems addressed included developmental delays, school performance problems, behavioral and attentional difficulties. Tests are selected to meet the needs of the individual in order to best understand both areas of concern and areas of strength. Feedback is provided and recommendations are made to address the identified areas of concern.

Specialized Assessment
Neuropsychological Assessments focus on brain behavior relationships and thus involve assessing a broad range of abilities. Generally such comprehensive evaluations are requested for children with complex learning difficulties, severe behavioral problems and those children who have undergone treatment for cancer, experienced head injury or stroke, or have other medical problems that may affect their development. The ages of children assessed typically are from kindergarten through high school. No court referrals are accepted.

Autism Spectrum Disorder
Assessment Offering a complete range of assessment services for Autism Spectrum Disorders including Autism, Asperger’s Disorder, and other Pervasive Developmental Disorders. Diagnostic Interviews, Psychological Evaluations and Multi-disciplinary Team Evaluations (Psychological, Speech & Language, Occupational Therapy & Educational Evaluations) in partnership with the West Virginia Autism Training Center at Marshall University, Cabell Huntington Hospital Occupational Therapy Services, and the Marshall University Speech & Communications Disorders Department.

Providers

• Karen Armstead, MA: Children and Adolescents aged 2-18.
  Assessment & therapy. Special interest in autism assessment.

• Elizabeth Evans, Ph.D.: Children and Adolescents aged 4-18.
  Special interest in anxiety, depression and grief.

• Tracy LeGrow, PsyD: Children and Adolescents aged 2-18.
  Assessment and therapy. Special interest and training in deafness.

• Thomas Linz, Ph.D.: Children & Adolescents aged 5-18.
   Primary interest in Neuropsychological Assessment.

Psychiatric Services
Children & Adolescents (ages 5-18) who are attending school can be seen for medication management of psychiatric disorders including but not limited to; ADHD, Anxiety, Depression, Bipolar Disorder and Autism. Physicians work closely with therapists to maximize the benefit of treatment.

• Anne Zappacosta, M.D.: Graduate of WVU School of Medicine Psychiatry Residency at WVU School of Medicine. Child and Adolescent Fellowship Training at Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA