The teen years. Enough said. These years are the most rewarding, and in many situations, the most challenging. It’s no secret that teens go through important and significant health-related changes and issues that aren’t always easy to recognize or discuss. As your child’s medical home, we are here to help ease your mind and provide you with excellent medical care and advice. We want to make the teen years an easy transition into adulthood —with excellent health on the forefront.

What to Expect

During the teen and young adult years your teen is faced with many challenges that revolve around their health, from acne to sex. We offer the following in teen and young adult pediatric services:

• Acne treatment
• Fitness
• Nutrition
• Positive Self Image
• Pregnancy testing and contraception
• Teen diseases and infection
• Counseling referral
• Sports physicals
• Menstrual care
• Risk reduction counseling (including education and discussion topics including sexuality, abstenance, sexual awareness, cigarrette smoking and other risky and/or sensitive topics of interest to the child and parent(s))

Health Management and Maintenance

As your child faces the teen years and the transition into adulthood it is essential to continue to provide regular health management and maintenance, including:

• Annual Physical/Check-up
• Sports Physicals

CHADIS Ages & Stages Questionnaires®

We enhance our pediatric care through the use of CHADIS Ages & Stages Questionnaires®, a medical tool used to screen the development of children beginning at 6 months. Through  the parent-reporting online questionnaire, specific information is gathered for your child in areas of development including Communication, Gross Motor, Fine Motor, Problem Solving and Personal-Social. Questionnaire results provide Dr. Grace with instant access to valuable clinical data and resources to aid in the diagnosis and management of health, emotional and behavioral issues.

CHADIS Assessment for Children 0 to 3 Years

• Patient Health Questionnaire for Adolescents (PHQ-A)
• Patient Health Questionnaire for Adolescents – 9 Item Depression Screen
• Screen for Child Anxiety-Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED)

>> Click here for more information and details about each of the assessments above.

Trust and Confidentiality is Our Guarantee

During this time of growth, teens and young adults are going through many changes physically, emotionally and socially. Oftentimes they may prolong or avoid dealing with medical care for fear of embarrassment, shame and/or parental recourse. We follow recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics to provide our patients with an environment that allows for privacy and the freedom to discuss confidential health issues. We provide this freedom and option to children and parents if desired and agreed upon by both, parent and child. We adopt the recommendations to ensure your child’s health is not jeopardized or overlooked for fear of discussion.