FARMINGTON – Evergreen Behavioral Services and Franklin Community Health Network will open the Evergreen Child Development Center, a new medical program to help children with special needs and their families.

The center will open in August at the Mt. Blue Health Center, next to Franklin Memorial Hospital. It will be a part of EBS, and affiliated with Franklin Memorial Hospital and the Child Development Program of the Barbara Bush Center at Maine Medical Center.

This new program will promote the optimal development and abilities of children and adolescents with a wide range of developmental and behavioral concerns, including autism, autism spectrum disorders, Asperger’s Syndrome, ADHD, and difficulties with learning and school performance.

Dr. Iris Silverstein, a pediatrician who is board-certified by the American Academy of Pediatrics, with additional board certification in developmental-behavioral pediatrics, will lead the program.

Although appointments are not yet being made for the program, interested physicians and families may call Evergreen Behavioral Services at 778-0035 or 1-800-394-1900 for more information or to preregister.