Adolescent Health
Tweens and Teens
The teenage years can be filled with angst for both the teens and their parents. We offer teens a safe place where their health needs and questions can be addressed in a confidential way, while at the same time working to facilitate communication with parents. We start this process by encouraging our tweens to begin completing their own intake forms and prepare to be examined without their parent present. In order to encourage trust and independence we ask this from all of our older teens. You can view our confidentiality policy here.
To help address the physical, emotional and social needs of our teens here are some of the services we offer:
- Annual well checkups
- Sports physicals
- Cholesterol screens
- Depression Screens
- Adolescent immunizations
- Nutrition
- Drug and alcohol counseling
- School issues
- ADHD
- GYN issues
- STI screens
- Acne
Links for Teens & Parents
Parent and Teen:
AAP Teen Health
AAP Teen
AAP Young Adult
Girls:
http://www.youngwomenshealth.org/
Guys:
http://www.youngmenshealthsite.org/
Body Image:
National Eating Disorders
Concussion:
http://www.cdc.gov/Concussion/
Depression/Suicide Prevention:
AAP Stop Teen Suicide
National Suicide Hotline
Facebook Safety:
https://www.facebook.com/safety/groups/parents/
Going to College:
http://kidshealth.org/teen/school_jobs/college/college.html#cat20291
Internet Safety:
AAP- The Internet and Your Family
Sexually Transmitted Diseases:
AAP Sexually Transmitted Diseases
NIH Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Substance Abuse:
AAP Teen Substance Abuse
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Students Against Destructive Decisions
Teen Vaccines:
CDC- Healthy Youth
CHOP Vaccine Education Center
Texting and Driving- take the pledge!
It Can Wait
Weight Concerns:
www.eatright.org
www.kidshealth.org
www.nutrition.gov