Child and Behavior Mood and Behavior Service

Helping children and families navigate mood and behavior challenges with professional guidance, personalized care, and proven strategies

Compassionate Support for Kids and Teens Facing Mood and Behavior Challenges

When your child is struggling with behavior that feels extreme, unpredictable, or disruptive, it affects the whole family. Parents often feel overwhelmed, isolated, or unsure of what to do next.

Challenges may show up at home, in school, with peers or all three. School avoidance, explosive reactions, difficulty following rules, and emotional shutdowns can create daily stress and long-term concern

Understanding the Problem

Waypoint is our specialized program for children and adolescents facing mood and behavior challenges. We support families dealing with conditions like ODD, IED, DMDD, ADHD, RAD, and depression.

These issues can show up as chronic irritability, defiance, anger, detachment, or sadness often leading to academic struggles and strained relationships. We focus on identifying the root causes and creating a plan for lasting change

Conditions We Help Manage

Oppositional Defiant Disorder

Intermittent Explosive Disorder

Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Reactive Attachment Disorder

Depression

Our Diagnostic Process

Waypoint is our specialized program for children and adolescents facing mood and behavior challenges

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Initial Psychiatric Evaluation

We start with a detailed interview with you and your child to explore symptoms, history, strengths, and challenges

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Structured Assessment

When needed, we use a semi-structured diagnostic interview a flexible but standardized tool that helps us identify diagnostic patterns more reliably than a casual conversation alone

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Collateral Collection

We gather insights from teachers, school staff, therapists, and others who know your child, to ensure we’re seeing the full picture

This comprehensive process, often completed over a series of 2-4 sessions, helps us make accurate diagnoses and distinguish between conditions that may look similar on the surface, but require distinct and personalized treatment options

Our Treatment Approach

Once we understand the problem, we focus on building solutions. Waypoint offers an integrated treatment model that supports your child across environments

Environmental and Lifestyle Support

We help families implement foundational changes like sleep routines, nutrition, supplementation, screen time limits, and structured daily habits to support emotional regulation and behavioral stability

Medication Management

When appropriate, we use targeted medications to help regulate mood, reduce reactivity, and support skill development. When prescribing to children and teens, we take a conservative, evidence-based approach

Skills-Based Psychotherapy

We work to implement practical strategies to help your child manage frustration, anxiety, impulsivity, and interpersonal challenges

Family and School Support and Collaboration

We work closely with caregivers and school staff to ensure everyone is on the same page and aligned in support

Care Coordination

If additional therapy, testing, or services are needed, we’ll help you get connected and work collaboratively to optimize care

Waypoint is more than a diagnosis. It’s a plan for progress. We walk alongside families every step of the way to help kids build emotional stability, better relationships, and the ability to thrive at home, at school, and beyond

You’ve Got Questions, We’re Here to Help

We understand that starting care can feel overwhelming. Here are answers to common questions to help you feel more prepared

Who is a good candidate for the Offramp program?

Integrative psychiatry combines evidence-based traditional treatments with complementary approaches like nutrition, mindfulness, and lifestyle medicine to address mental health holistically.

The initial comprehensive assessment typically takes 60-90 minutes. This allows us to thoroughly understand your history, current symptoms, and treatment goals.

The initial comprehensive assessment typically takes 60-90 minutes. This allows us to thoroughly understand your history, current symptoms, and treatment goals.

The initial comprehensive assessment typically takes 60-90 minutes. This allows us to thoroughly understand your history, current symptoms, and treatment goals.

The initial comprehensive assessment typically takes 60-90 minutes. This allows us to thoroughly understand your history, current symptoms, and treatment goals.

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