Focuz Behandelcentrum kind en jeugd

About Focuz Behandelcentrum kind en jeugd

Focuz Behandelcentrum kind en jeugd offers help to children and young people who are struggling at home, at school or elsewhere. The organization has a location in Capelle aan den IJssel and offers assessment and treatment.

Assessment and evaluation

Focuz offers comprehensive assessment to gain insight into a child’s or young person’s development and functioning.

• Developmental history
• Observations at home or at school
• Neuropsychological assessment
• Social-emotional assessment
• Assessment of attention and concentration difficulties
• Assessment of autism spectrum concerns, including ADOS
• Attachment and systems assessment/family assessment, with elements from NIKA
• Assessment focused on selective mutism
• Intelligence tests, including WISC, WPPSI and WAIS
• Questionnaires and screening tools suited to the request for help

Treatment

After an intake or introductory meeting, Focuz sets goals together with parents, the child and the teacher. Work takes place at school, at home with exercises or at Focuz’s location; progress is evaluated regularly.

• Treatment at school
• Exercises at home
• Treatment at Focuz’s location

Who it is for

Focuz offers help to children and young people and works with parents and teachers. Requests for help may relate to development, parenting, concentration, hyperactive behaviour, anxiety or low mood.

• Children
• Young people
• Parents
• Teachers

Locations

Focuz has locations in Capelle aan den IJssel, Woerden and Pijnacker. For Dordrecht, consultations are temporarily held in Capelle aan den IJssel.

• Capelle aan den IJssel
• Woerden
• Pijnacker
• Dordrecht (temporary consultations in Capelle aan den IJssel)