Consultations
Consultation services typically include an initial interview to clarify your concerns and questions and a discussion regarding appropriate treatment options and recommendations. Consultations often relate to you or your child's psychological functioning and development, behavior, or education. Common reasons for consultations include concerns about development (e.g., social skills, language), behaviors, attachment, emotional adjustment, and academic performance or school placement. Sessions typically last 120 minutes.
Psychological Evaluations
Psychological evaluations are used to assess social, emotional, and behavioral adjustment, particularly when the cause of a problem or the level of severity is unclear. Evaluations typically consist of a diagnostic interview, standardized testing, and questionnaires. An in-person feedback session is then held to discuss the findings and recommendations. All testing is completed by Dr. Kayce. Additional meetings can be scheduled with pediatricians schools, special education teams, Disability Support Services offices and other treatment providers. The length of an evaluation session is based on several factors, including referral question, age of patient, and types of tests being administered.
Parent Training and Coaching
Parent training involves teaching parents and caregivers how to increase desirable child behavior, reduce children's misbehavior, improve parent-child interactions, and bring about a positive family atmosphere. Specific skills taught may include praise, positive attention, administration of rewards and privileges, rule-setting, ignoring, reprimands, withdrawal of privileges, and time-out.
Because even the most effective skill used at the wrong time or in the wrong way may not promote wanted changes in behavior, parents are taught timing, consistency, intensity, and integration of the various skills. A typical session lasts approximately 50 minutes and the frequency and length of training are dependent on the age of the child and the severity of functioning.
Because even the most effective skill used at the wrong time or in the wrong way may not promote wanted changes in behavior, parents are taught timing, consistency, intensity, and integration of the various skills. A typical session lasts approximately 50 minutes and the frequency and length of training are dependent on the age of the child and the severity of functioning.
Please contact Dr. Kayce for a complimentary 15 minute phone consultation to discuss services available for you or your child!
Nina Kayce, Psy.D. LLC (2013) |
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