YCSC Westport
Every parent strives to raise happy, healthy, resilient children. We partner with families to achieve this goal by providing compassionate care that celebrates children’s strengths, while addressing their social, emotional, and behavioral needs.
Behavioral health services, including psychotherapy and medication management, are available for families with children from birth through age 18 at our Yale Child Study Center (YCSC) office in Westport, Connecticut. Our Westport location is accessible to families living throughout Connecticut and New York.
Whether your child is a toddler, teenager, or somewhere in between, they will receive evidence-based, individualized therapeutic support designed to promote their overall wellness. We also collaborate with parents and schools to make sure children have the support they need to thrive inside and outside of the therapy room.
Services
We offer assessment and evaluation, psychotherapy services, and medication management for children, teens, and their families. Services include the evaluation and treatment of anxiety, attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and executive functioning. We focus on supporting parenting skills and providing culturally responsive services for children and families.
Our team specializes in working with young children (ages 0-5 years), young athletes with sports-related challenges, and youth with language-based learning disabilities. We work closely with schools and provide consultation as needed. This can include school observations, planning and placement team meetings, and ongoing collaboration. Our team helps children, teens and, parents in a variety of areas, including:
- Understanding behavioral health challenges
- Coping skills/self-regulation
- Anxiety/Stress
- Perfectionism/self-confidence
- Social skills and relationship issues
- ADHD/executive functioning
- Learning disabilities
- Temper tantrums
- Sleep issues
- Adjusting to school and other transitions
- Sports performance challenges
Parenting skills training is also offered, as well as the Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE) intervention. Through this program, we work with parents to help their children overcome anxiety. We also offer virtual group therapy for parents or children
All neuropsychological assessments, cognitive testing, and autism and developmental assessments are provided at our New Haven location. In Westport, we provide diagnostic evaluations for anxiety, ADHD, executive functioning challenges, and other social-emotional and behavioral difficulties.
Inquiries & Next Steps
If you are a parent or guardian interested in our Westport services, please call us at 203-785-7379 or send an email to WestportChildStudy@yale.edu.
Services at our Westport location are offered on a fee-for-service basis. Families also have the option of submitting statements to their insurance companies for reimbursement. While we are strictly fee-for-service in Westport, several insurance providers are accepted for both treatment and assessment services in New Haven. Please note, treatment services at our New Haven location are only available to families living in the greater New Haven area.
