Resources:
Picture drawn by: Page Hilltop Elementary Student
Resources and Support Services
Links:
The Peter Pan Center
Provides social-emotional learning groups for children and teens who experience mild to moderate social challenges.
Simply Social Kids
Provides support to kids who are challenged by social interactions.
William James Interface Counselor Referral Service (Free of charge, cost of counseling sessions goes through parent's insurance provider)
The William James INTERFACE Referral Service collects and categorizes a wide range of valuable resources related to mental health and wellness for the benefit of the general public – children, a…
William James Resources on Substance Abuse and Addiction:
interface.williamjames.edu/topic-overview/substance-abuse-addictions
Additional Therapeutic Support Resources:
Note: The Ayer-Shirley Regional School District does not endorse any of the practices listed below. It is up to the individual parent/guardian to select an appropriate service provider. This is an incomplete list of local service providers, and may not be the most up to date addresses or phone numbers. Please be sure to contact your insurance provider before scheduling appointments for any health related services to learn your insurance covers that service and/or provider.
Boundaries Therapy Center
978 263 4878
boundariestherapy.com
Westford Counseling Center
Russell Hart, LICSW.
Specializes in adolescents, ADHD, LD trauma, oppositional defiant disorder,
parenting and substance abuse
978 692-4032
Nancy Sabel LICSW
978 692-9585
Melanie Shear LICSW. (eating disorders, anxiety, depression, adolescent girls,
parenting)
978 692 0301
Carrie Leggat LICSW. (adolescents)
978 287 0042
Judith Hanselman
978-392-0200
Interactions Counseling, Littleton, 978 952-6060
Shari Bennett, LICSW. (adolescent and family therapy, specializing in sexual
abuse, depression, gay and lesbian issues, self-injury)
Dan Vayda LICSW (latency, adolescent boys with behavioral problems, ADHD,
depression and family)
Harriet Otis LMHC, LMFT (adolescence and families)
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Sudbury Valley Counseling, Westford
Kay Lamer, LICSW. (anxiety, stress, ADD)
978 692-4565
Transitions Counseling Center, Littleton, 978 486-0009
Steve Chapin, PhD. (depression and anger management)
Jackie Donahue, LICSW. (depression, anxiety, self-injury)
Bonnie Atkin-Hellman, LICSW. (adoption, divorce, step families)
Leona Dean, MS, RNCS (medication)
Jerry Juliano, LICSW (substance abuse, anger management, trauma)
www.transitionscounselingcenter.googlepages.com
New England Center for Mental Health – Littleton – (978) 679-1200
Pediatric & adult mental health services. Madhavi Kamireddi, MD
www.NEmentalhealth.com
North Star Guidance Center, Chelmsford
978 256-0667
www.northstarguidanceinc.com
Stoney Brook Counseling Center, Chelmsford
978 275-9444
Barbara Crème, M.A., M.S., LMHC (children and teens, mood disorders, anger,
depression, NVLD, Asperger’s and ADHD)
Meetinghouse Psychological Associates, Chelmsford
(Adolescents and children)
978 256-1288
Chelmsford Family Counseling Center
978 251-7806
Leela Balch, LICSW. (children and adolescents)
Littleton Counseling Associates 978 952-0150
Michael Gaboury, LICSW,BCD (adolescents, family therapy, trauma)
John Lindbeck, LICSW. (anger management for older adolescents and men)
Linda Larratt (anxiety, biofeedback)
Julie Russell (children and adolescents)
Smita Chaddha (anger management, cutting, trauma)
Greater Lowell Psychiatric Associates, Chelmsford
978 256-1943
www.glpaonline.com
Counseling Collaborative, Acton
978 263-6847
Jill DeFoe, LICSW (adolescents, parent-child relationships)
Arbour Counseling, Lowell
978 453-5736
Rick Gallagher (adolescent boys)
Peter Pan Center, Harvard
Donna Shea, Director (Social Skills)
978-772-1255
Linda Price & Associates, LLC, Chelmsford
[email protected] (Social Skills)
603-943-2124
Pathways Counseling Associates, Lowell
978 937-2696
Susan and Allan Anderson, LICSW. (adolescent and families)
Southbay Mental Health, Lowell
978 453-6800
Hallowell Center, Sudbury (mental health practice specializing in ADHD)
978 287-0810
Family Associates of Merrimack Valley, Chelmsford
www.familyassociates.org
978-256-1467
Life Management Assoc. Inc., Harvard
Steven Michaelson, PH.D.
978-772-4457
Private Therapists
Margo Ferrick
Phone 978- 361-5843
Lynne Rothstein
Phone: 978 257-2159
Lori Kidger, LICSW. (adolescent girls)
978 692-6881
Linda Collins, LMHC, Littleton (stress management)
866 926-9780
Carolyn Imperato, PhD. Littleton (adolescents, adults)
978 486 1062
Frank & Margot Vangelli, LICSW. Groton (adolescents, family, substance abuse)
978 448 2872
Michael Miles, MSW. Chelmsford (alcohol and drug counselor, court-related
issues)
978 459-4884
Marcia Melanson LICSW – Groton ( individual, child, adolescent and family
counseling)
978 448-0009
Lore Kantrowitz, Ed.D - Concord – HMO Blue, BCBS – (individual, family
counseling, neuropsychological evaluation)
978 369-6274
Amy Doolin, LICSW – Chelmsford –(children & adolescents, grief, loss,
depression)
978 835-6622
Efi Papadopoulos, LICSW – Acton – (psychotherapy with children &
adolescents) www.bewellandbeyond.com
Rosemary Duffy, Psy, D. (adolescents and eating disorders)
978 251-3380
Dennis De Angelis, LICSW. (adolescent boys and their families)
978 963-4766
Dan Rosa, Steve Liljegren (adolescent boys and girls)
978 251-7887
Gary Rose, PhD., Chelmsford (substance abuse)
978 250-8400
Jim Graves, (adolescents, sports psychology)
978 251-7447
Charles Streff, Ph.D.Acton, (adolescents)
978 263-0439
David Favreau, Lowell (anger management)
978 957-5811
Roseanne Keefe, LICSW., (adolescents with adjustment and learning problems)
978 869-6980
Jeffrey Brown, Psy. D., ABPP, Arlington (anxiety disorders, OCD, depression)
781 641-1633
Michele Gaboury, LICSW, Littleton
978-952-0150
Dr. Debra Piper, Acton
978-263-6847
Deborah Curtiss, M.ED., Chelmsford
978-250-1188
Kathleen Trainor, LICSW, Natick, (anxiety disorders)
508 647-1644
Adam Glick, LIVCSW. Brookline (sexual identity)
617-482-2166
Linda Price, Med, CAGS – Chelmsford (603) 943-2124 –social skills groups,
www.lindaroseprice.com/misc/index.php
Family Therapy/Parenting Groups
Sally Sacks, M.Ed.,
Karendyth Holistic Center
978 692-6900
http://www.sallysacks.com
Molly Salans, LICSW
Karendyth Holistic Center
978 392-5998
www.mollysalans.com
Center for Family Development
978 459-2306
Lore Kantrowitz, Ed.D. Concord
978 369-6274
The Bridge of Central MA., Worcester
508 755 0333
Other Resources
Asperger’s Association of New England – (617) 393-3824
www.AANE.org
Autism Support Center, Danvers
978 779-9135, ext. 2304
Boston University Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders
www.bu.edu/card
Donna Pincus, PhD
617-353-9610
Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
781 891 5966
Lowell Youth Treatment Center
978 322-5160
Dana Group Associates – Needham – (781) 449-1143 – social skills development
www.dana-group.com
Social Worker Finder – Use this site to find a local therapist with desired specialty that
can take your insurance. www.helppro.com/nasw/basicsearch.aspx
* Parents are also encouraged to access employee assistance at their workplace
The list is not a complete or all encompassing list, but rather a starting point for you as a parent. It is possible that a doctor or psychologist listed above is no longer located at the listed location if they moved.
The below link is helpful information provided by Concord SEEPAC which explains the differences between a psychiatrist, psychopharmacologist, and a psychologist (you will need to copy and paste the link:
http://www.concordspedpac.org/Doctors.htm
Other Mental Health Resources:
National Alliance on Mental Illness
http://www.nami.org/Template.cfm?Section=By_Illness
Community Health Link/Lipton: Leominster
http://www.communityhealthlink.org/htlmpages/youth%20family%20service.html
Luk, Inc. / Fitchburg:
The Children's Behavioral Health Initiative (CBHI) is an undertaking by the Executive Office of Health and Human Services and MassHealth to implement the Court Order in a lawsuit known as Rosie D.
LUK is providing several of the CBHI services as part of their Partnering for Strong Families (PSF) program. These services are provided by a LUK team of professionals located throughout central Massachusetts.
Who is eligable?...As part of the Rosie D. Court Order, CBHI Services are available to children and adolescents under the age of 21 who reside in Massachusetts and are eligable for MassHealth, the Massachusetts Medicaid program; are diagnosed with a serious emotional, behavioral or psychiatric condition meeting the federal definitions of serious emotional disturbance; and are determined through a mental health evaluation to need home-based services. Contact Luk, Inc/Fitchburg for more information.
http://www.luk.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=93&Itemid=187
Bullying Prevention Information:
http://www.pacerkidsagainstbullying.org/
http://webhost.bridgew.edu/marc/parpub.html
Web Resources for Students:
http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/school/time/article2.html
http://www.girlshealth.gov/
http://www.kidspsych.org/index1.html
Much of our children's health depends on adult emotional happiness. Below is a website from PBS with helpful information on emotional health and parenting:
http://www.pbs.org/thisemotionallife/
Developmental Childrens' Book List:
Below is a list of recommended books broken out by theme:
bibliotherapy_ph_guidance_list.docx |
Reading Resources for those effected by Autism:
From the NESCA site:
"The Neuropsychology & Education Services for Children & Adolescents in Newton, MA launched a new clinical division called TDC: The Developmental Collaborative at NESCA, specialized in the diagnosis of autism in children as young as two years old, and their subsequent treatment through adolescence and transition into adulthood. Many TDC client families have asked us to help them separate wheat from chaff, fact from the fiction that abounds, especially on the web, by directing them to reliable sources of information about these complex and challenging conditions. Accordingly, we have compiled an extensive list of books we recommend on topics ranging from early warning signs to educational program planning, the maintenance of healthy family relationships and first-person accounts of life on the autism spectrum. TDC: The Developmental Collaborative at NESCA" found at the link below:
http://www.nesca-newton.com/AutismReadingList-TDCLetterhead.pdf
"The TDC has also very carefully screened dozens of websites containing material related to autism, in order to identify those that are easiest to navigate, broadest in scope, most accurate and of greatest utility to families grappling with the challenges of autism diagnoses. The web is an invaluable tool, but it can also be a minefield of misinformation and exploitation. Here is a list of sites that we feel are solidly grounded scientifically, offering evidence-based programs staffed professionally and services of interest and solid value to many families. By reading the books listed above and continuing your research online at these websites, you can expand your knowledge of autism safely and reliably. "
http://www.nesca-newton.com/AutismWebResources-TDC-2Columns.pdf