James Orth, PhD (he/him)

Dr. Orth is a Licensed Psychologist whose career has focused upon services for children and adolescents and their families in diverse settings including hospitals and residential programs, schools, clinics, private practice, and in-home programs. Dr. Orth’s current specialization is the provision of comprehensive psychological evaluation services for children, adolescents, and young adults. Dr. Orth draws upon more than thirty years of experience evaluating children and adolescents with complex presentations, many of whom have received prior evaluations and
interventions yet continue to have challenges functioning in their lives. Referral questions commonly include ADHD and executive skills, learning differences, Autism Spectrum, memory and information processing concerns, anxiety, mood problems, and social-relationship challenges.

Dr. Orth has always directly administered assessments due to the value of direct observation of the child. Dr. Orth believes that at the heart of a useful evaluation is a strong collaboration with the parents. This includes taking the time to walk through details of the evaluation results and to thoroughly discuss findings regarding: the child’s strengths and challenges; diagnosis, with causes and symptoms related to the diagnosis; possible interventions and supports, including benefits and risks for each; and implications for longer-term development. The goal is to provide each family with understanding, hope, and a sense of direction through compassionate understanding of the child’s
unique functioning and development of an individualized plan to help.

Dr. Orth completed his Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Miami University. Dr. Orth’s post-doctoral training included completion of a two-year infancy and early childhood mental health program at the Washington School of Psychiatry. He is Board Certified in the specialty of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (ABPP).