Child Development Consultations
Unlock insights into your child’s development with our personalized child development consultations. Dr. Katen offers dedicated support for parents, providing expert advice and tailored solutions to foster your child’s progress and well-being.
For Parents
Child development consultations with Dr. Katen are available to parents who wish to discuss their child’s development and progress, including whether an evaluation may be appropriate. During this 90-minute meeting, you can share developmental history, concerns, and goals around helping your child. Dr. Katen will listen, ask questions, and take notes. Feel free to bring copies of any previous clinical or school testing, IEPs or 504 Plans, and relevant medical and academic records. Whether your child attends the consultation is up to you.
Dr. Katen can also share insights and direction about how to apply for school-based or clinical services or accommodations. If your child has already been assessed elsewhere, Dr. Katen can review those reports and deliver clarification about scores, analyses, and diagnoses.
If an evaluation is appropriate, Dr. Katen will explain how the process works at Individual Matters, go over costs and scheduling, and design a test scope/price that fits your needs. Every evaluation begins with a child development consultation.
In some cases, an evaluation might not be the next best step; instead, another treatment or direction may take priority (such as counseling, medication management, or an occupational therapy or speech-language assessment). In these cases, Dr. Katen can help design a plan and connect you with appropriate providers.
If you are unsure whether you want or need an evaluation for your child, or you are unclear about what type or scope is most appropriate, a consultation with Dr. Katen is still an excellent first step. Even if you do not pursue an evaluation at Individual Matters, you will leave the consultation feeling more knowledgeable and confident to make the right decisions for your child.
For cost, please view our Fees page.
For Providers and Clinicians
Consultation with Dr. Katen is available to clinicians and providers seeking licensure supervision, guidance around clinical or ethical issues, or wanting to learn more about therapeutic techniques or neurodevelopmental disorders.
For cost, please view our Fees page.