Phone: 301.593.6554

Spring Groups

Resilience Builder Program (RBP)® and Specialty Groups

Registration Deadline

We offer registration priority to those already enrolled in our groups between November 11-December 2. Our schedule for Spring groups is available in the table below.  The Spring Semester generally begins in early February and continues through the end of May or early June.

Registration Instructions
For current clients, registration forms for Spring RBP groups are available in your Sessions Health portal (https://app.sessionshealth.com/users/sign_in).   When completing the form, please indicate your top two group choices based on your child’s grade level for Spring 2025. We also ask for potential flexibility in your group preferences, as we aim to find the best group fit for your child’s specific needs.

For new clients, you can reach out to the intake coordinator at intake@alvordbaker.com or call 301-593-6554 x23. You will be able to join our new client interest list for the Spring groups. You will be able to register for group once you complete an initial 60 minute intake session with the group clinician.301-593-6554 x23. You will be able to join our new client interest list for the Spring groups. You will be able to register for group once you complete an initial 60 minute intake session with the group clinician.

Registration Fees

Resilience Builder Group/CBT for Anxiety Group: Spring registration fee: $269 (includes 45-minute parent conference meeting and materials
fee)

Emotions Detective (Unified Protocol) Group: $294 registration fee (includes 45-minute parent conference meeting and materials fee)

SPACE: $244 registration fee (covering the cost of the 45-minute individual parent session)

To secure your child’s spot, submit a completed form along with a non-refundable deposit. Payment for the first month of sessions is due four weeks before the group start date.

Group Absence Policy

We require 24-hour notice for cancellations to be considered excused

For the RBP group, Emotions Detective group, and SPACE group, each client is allowed two excused absences.

For the CBT for Anxiety Teen group (8 sessions), each participant is allowed one cancellation with notice.

In the case that excused absences have been exhausted, the client is responsible for full payment of any missed sessions.

Group Size & Availability

Each group requires a minimum of 4 participants, with a maximum of 6-7 members. Groups with fewer registrants may be cancelled.  In this case, intake fees are not refundable, however, your registration fee would be refunded or applied to a different service/group.

Spots are limited, so early registration is encouraged.

Group withdrawal

Withdrawals from group four weeks or more prior to the group start date will not be charged for group sessions, however, the group deposit remains non-refundable.

Withdrawals from group less than four weeks prior to the group start date or after groups have started will require payment for 50% of remaining group sessions.

Changes (e.g., change to a different group that has an opening on a different day) can be considered on a case-by-case basis. Payments forfeited due to withdrawal from group cannot be applied to another client or to another service

RETURN TO GROUPS

NameGroup TypeGradeGenderDayTimeLocationPlatform
MarreroRBPK-1AllSaturday9:00 AMChevy ChaseIn Person
MarreroRBPK-1AllSaturday10:15 AMChevy ChaseIn Person
Kramer-KuhnRBP1-2AllWednesday4:30 PMRockvilleIn Person
MarreroRBP2-3AllSaturday11:30 AMChevy ChaseIn Person
WeinstockRBP2-3AllThursday4:45 PMChevy ChaseIn Person
MyerbergRBP3-4AllTuesday6:00 PMRockvilleIn Person
MalesaRBP3-4GirlsMonday4:45 PMChevy ChaseIn Person
MalesaRBP3-4BoysMonday5:45 PMChevy ChaseIn Person
WeinstockRBP3-4AllThursday5:50 PMChevy ChaseIn Person
MyerbergRBP4-5AllMonday4:45 PMRockvilleIn Person
MalesaRBP4-5AllWednesday4:45 PMChevy ChaseIn Person
WatsonRBP4-5BoysTuesday4:30 PMRockvilleIn Person
Lewis-MorrartyRBP6-7AllMonday4:35 PMChevy ChaseIn Person
MalesaRBP6-8AllTuesday4:15 PMChevy ChaseIn Person
LoffredoRBP ASD6-8AllThursday4:30 PMRockvilleHybrid
WeinstockCBT17-9AllWednesday5:00 PMChevy ChaseIn Person
MyerbergCBT19-12AllThursday5:45 PMRockvilleIn Person
LoffredoRBP ASD9-12AllThursday5:30 PMRockvilleHybrid
YutzyRBP10-12AllThursday6:00 PMChevy ChaseIn Person
CarmichaelSPACE27-17n/aWednesday12:15 PMRemoteVirtual
Linas/CummingsEmotion Detectives33-5AllThursday5:00 PMRockvilleIn Person
LoffredoRBP ASDYoung AdultAllTHursday6:30 PMRockvilleHybrid

1  CBT for Anxiety will meet for 8 sessions.
2  SPACE Group has 10 sessions
3  Emotion Detectives {Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children (UP-C) Group
In-person groups will be meeting in-person for all sessions.
Hybrid groups will have 2-3 virtual sessions on specific weeks when parents can join.
Virtual groups will always meet via Zoom.

More information about our specialty groups is available here.  Please contact our intake coordinator via email intake@alvordbaker.com, or call 301-594-6554 x23

3200 Tower Oaks Blvd., Suite 200 Rockville, MD 20852 Phone: 301-593-6554 fax: 301-255-0461
8401 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 1120 Chevy Chase, MD 20815 Phone: 301-593-6554 fax: 301-754-1034
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