Psychological Services
Social Skills
Navigating our social world can be difficult. Sometimes our children and adolescents need support and direct instruction to develop stronger social skills.
With the help of a psychologist or clinical assistant, we can:
- Identify areas of need to target in individual or group therapy sessions
- Teach and practice skills in a positive, therapeutic environment
- Increase social skills helping children or adolescents become:
- More self-confidence
- An increase in self esteem
- Development of more positive interpersonal relationships
Executive Functioning
The term executive functioning encompasses many skills, including working memory, flexible thinking, and self-regulation.
Impairments in executive functioning can impact your child in many aspects of their day and across various settings.
Many children and adolescents benefit from identifying areas of difficulty and developing compensatory strategies to assist them in meeting their day to day demands.
They often just need to find what systems and strategies work for them. Our psychologist and clinical assistants can help them do just that.
Leslie Speer, Ph.D., BCBA, COBA, NCSP
Clinical Director
Leslie Speer is a licensed psychologist, board certified behavior analyst, and a nationally certified school psychologist with over 15 years of experience working with children, adolescents, and adults. Her areas of expertise include the assessment and treatment of autism spectrum disorder across the lifespan, parent and teacher training, school consultation, and community education. Dr. Speer previously served as the Program Director of the Autism Spectrum Evaluation Team (ASET) at the Cleveland Clinic Center for Autism. As Program Director, Leslie oversaw and coordinated multidisciplinary evaluations of children, adolescents, and adults suspected of having an autism spectrum disorder. Dr. Speer also coordinated a sibling clinic, medication monitoring clinic, and parent support groups, as well as offered consultation services regarding behavioral difficulties, treatment planning for individuals with an autism spectrum disorder, school difficulties, and advocating for students’ needs in the classroom/school. After ten years on staff at the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Speer transitioned to a staff position at MetroHealth within the MetroHealth Autism Assessment Clinic (MAAC). At this time Dr. Speer also began her private practice, joining Meghan Barlow and Associates, with a continued emphasis on the evaluation of autism spectrum disorders across the lifespan. She remained in these positions until joining the Quadrant Biosciences and Frazier Behavioral Health team.
Funding Options
In-Network
Our clinicians are in-network with OH Medicaid, Aetna & First Health, AmeriHealth Caritis, Anthem BCBS, Buckeye (ABA and Psych Only), CareSource, Cigna (Medical), Cigna Evernorth, Humana, Medical Mutual, Medicare, Molina, POLR, Tricare, United Behavioral (BH) includes Community Plan of OH, and UHC Optum includes UHC Ind & Family Plan. While we may not be in-network with your insurance provider it may still be possible to receive benefits. In this case, please contact our team to receive a benefits investigation. We will also contact your insurance provider for prior authorization to determine your out-of-pocket costs due at the time of your appointment.