Brighter Pathways © 2009
1237 E. Livingston Street, Suite B
Orlando, FL 32803-5401
Ph: 407-895-0540 ~ Fax: (407) 228-9771
Licenses: SS00305 ~ MH02676 ~ PCE-9
Intervention Consultation
Our “hybrid” of assessment/counseling has become by far and away the most popular service at Brighter Pathways. The advantages of this approach are numerous. After reading all the magazines, researching the Internet, and talking to friends and relatives, parents can now turn to an experienced professional for advice and tailor-made interventions. Topics may be as diverse as school performance, home discipline, and possible diagnoses (ADD/ADHD, Aspergers, depression, anxiety, and so on) to just plain “Is my child normal?” and “What can we do differently to help?”
Truly the Intervention Consultation integrates these fields:
Truly the Intervention Consultation integrates these fields:
If assessment is done, parents obtain clear levels of their child’s functioning, specific scores, recommendations for home and school, and additional reading material. Regardless, parents take home a packet of material which can be shared with other professionals such as teachers and physicians. When emphasis is upon counseling or therapy, the approach will always be solution-focused.
Assessment is often important because seemingly identical symptoms may in fact have vastly different root causes. For example, an elementary student who is off-task, sullen and doesn’t follow directions could have ADD/ADHD...or he could have Learning Disabilities...or have a poor self-concept...or be feeling overwhelmed by a social problem. The Intervention Consultation offers professional insight at an affordable price. Please be aware there is no comprehensive typed report as is the case for formalized Full Evaluation and Ability/Gifted Evaluation. (A formal typed report is required for exceptional education placement and initiation of IEP at public schools.)
Some children and teens need direct interventions, such as strategies for anxiety, anger control or depression. Thus, emphasis is upon PSYCHOTHERAPY & COUNSELING. Dr. Messenger utilizes a model of brief, effective intervention. Parents are involved in the process as far as better understanding their child and implementing strategies at home. Strong emphasis is upon applying what is learning in the consultation to the child’s everyday life–at home and at school
All parents will take home specific answers and real-life solutions. A copy of Dr. Messenger’s book, The Third Little Pig, is included.
If additional follow-up by another professional (i.e., speech therapist, occupational therapist, eye doctor, physician) is warranted, accurate and appropriate referrals will be made.
