The Attention & Behavior Success Service provides evidence-based care for children with ADHD, autism, and related behavioral, social, or learning challenges. Treatment helps children build and practice skills they can use at home, at school, and with peers.
ADHD & BEHAVIOR DISORDERS CENTER
Attention & Behavior Success Service
Helping children, ages 5-10, build the skills and confidence to be more successful at home, at school, and with their peers.
Interested in Learning More?
Please submit our interest form or call us at 212.308.3118.
What Is the Attention & Behavior Success Service?
Every child deserves the opportunity to feel confident, successful, and connected. For children with ADHD, autism, and related behavioral, social, or learning challenges, everyday situations at home, at school, and with peers can often feel overwhelming. Whether a child struggles with intense emotions and challenging behaviors or needs support with friendships, flexibility, or learning, the right support can make a meaningful difference.
Our Attention and Behavior Success Service is designed for children ages 5-10 and provides evidence-based care to help them build the skills they need to be more successful in everyday life. Highly structured and individualized, it gives children frequent opportunities to practice skills with real-time coaching, feedback, and reinforcement.
Families don’t need to know which service is right for their child before reaching out. Fill out our Request Appointment form, and our team will contact you to find the best fit.
About Our Treatment
Children are provided with opportunities to learn, practice, and apply new skills in a structured, supportive, and engaging environment. With 1:1 staff-to-child ratio, children receive continuous, real-time coaching to meet their individual needs. We work closely with parents and schools so that the strategies children learn can be supported across the environments where they spend their time. Our services include:
- Weekly after-school groups and booster programs
- Summer Program for Attention and Behavior
- Individual treatment and medication management
- Intensive treatment services
Year-Round Support
We offer flexible treatment options to help children build and practice skills throughout the year.
After-School Groups and Booster Program
Providing support for families throughout the school year, our after-school groups allow families to register one week at a time, so children can attend regularly or join weeks that work best for their schedule. Boosters are offered several times throughout the school year during holiday breaks to reinforce skills.
Children receive frequent, real-time coaching, feedback, and reinforcement throughout each day, allowing them to practice skills as real situations arise.
Our Flagship Summer Program
For over 10 years, our Summer Program for Attention and Behavior has been intentionally different. Designed for children ages 5 to 10, this therapeutic program combines evidence-based treatment with a highly structured, supportive environment.
Individual Treatment and Medication Management
Our expert clinical team diagnoses and treats the full range of behavior disorders and can work with families individually. When medication may be helpful, our team works with psychiatrists at the Child Mind Institute or with the child’s physician.
This format can be especially helpful for children who benefit from structure, repetition, and more opportunities for practice than weekly treatment alone can provide.
Intensive Treatment Services
Intensive services create frequent opportunities for children to learn, practice, and reinforce targeted skills. Treatment is tailored to each child’s needs and may incorporate individual skill building, parent coaching, and collaboration with schools or outside providers.
Why This Service?
Children’s needs change over time. Our range of services provides the right level of support as those needs evolve throughout the year.
Individualized, Whole-Child Support
We focus on the social, emotional, learning, and behavioral skills that have the greatest impact on daily life.
Practice in Real-Life Situations
Children practice new skills with peers through active learning, repetition, and feedback.
Parent & School Partnership
We give caregivers practical strategies and collaborate with schools, when appropriate, to reinforce skills across settings.
Our Team
William Benson, PsyD
Associate Clinical Director, Training; Director, Tourette’s and Trichotillomania Program; Psychologist, ADHD and Behavior Disorders Center
Larisa (Lara) Litvinov, PhD
Director, Senior Psychologist, ADHD and Behavior Disorders Center
Tiffany Phu, PhD
Psychologist, Gund Learning and Diagnostic Center, ADHD and Behavior Disorder Center
Stephanie Ruggiero, PsyD
Director, ADHD Summer Program; Psychologist, ADHD and Behavior Disorders Center, Autism Center
Adam S. Zamora, PsyD
Associate Clinical Director; Senior Neuropsychologist, Gund Learning and Diagnostic Center; Director, College Success Program
Katerina Baeza-Hernandez, PhD
Psychologist, ADHD and Behavior Disorders Center
Angela Breidenstine, PhD
Senior Psychologist, ADHD and Behavior Disorders Center
Frequently Asked Questions
The service is for children who may struggle with attention, behavior, intense emotions, friendships, flexible thinking, learning, or other everyday challenges. Our team will learn about your child’s needs and recommend the service or program that is the best fit.
Children receive structured opportunities to practice social, emotional, learning, and behavioral skills with coaching and feedback. We also work with caregivers and schools, when appropriate, to help children use these skills across settings.
You don’t need to know before reaching out. After you submit our Request Appointment form, our team will learn about your child and recommend the treatment, program, or level of support that best meets their needs.
Ready to Get Started?
Please submit our interest form or call us at 212.308.3118.
More ADHD Treatments & Services
Our ADHD & Behavior Disorders Center also offers the following specialized group treatment programs and services.
ADHD Summer Program
Help your child build confidence, friendships, and real-life skills in our highly structured, expert-led program. Ages 5–10.
ADHD & Behavior After-School Program
Helping children strengthen self-regulation, social skills, and classroom behavior.
Intensive Behavior Treatment
Specialized behavioral treatment for children with severe symptoms or families traveling long distances.
Not Sure Where to Start?
Request an appointment at the Child Mind Institute to get your child evaluated by one of our expert clinicians today.
