Professional Services, Resources, & Providers for Families in Manhattan

UPDATED October 2019: Whether you need to find an orthodontist for your child, a special needs lawyer to advocate for your child at school, you need help potty training your child, or your child needs a little help in school with a tutor, Manhattan is home to a variety of professional services for families. Here, you’ll find speech therapists; tutors for French, Spanish, Latin, English, literature, math, and science; services for children with special needs, such as lawyers, potty training, and eye care providers; as well as orthodontists. These professional services for families are located across New York City, including such Manhattan neighborhoods as Chelsea, Midtown, and Upper East Side, as well as in nearby Queens and Brooklyn.

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Doctors & Medical Providers

JUDY GOLDSTEIN M.D.
635 Madison Ave. 12th floor , New York
646-727-7373
Email [email protected]

Dr. Judy Goldstein is a 68-time award-winning, board-certified pediatrician whose focus is "Pediatrics Made Personal." Providing care not only medically but also offering parental guidance in nutrition, behavioral and emotional coaching. Following the principles of the American Academy of Pediatrics, she performs mandatory vaccinations, regular checkups (school/camp), and sick visits.

Financial Planning & Insurance

AFFINITY HEALTH PLAN
866-247-5678

For more than 30 years, Affinity Health Plan has been offering New York state-sponsored free or low-cost health coverage to New Yorkers who have Medicaid or no health insurance at all. Our managed care programs meet the need for coverage among people who may find it hard to get health care.

FIDELIS CARE NEW YORK
888-FIDELIS (343-3547)

Fidelis Care is a mission-driven health plan offering quality, affordable coverage for children and adults of all ages and at all stages of life. With more than 1.7 million members statewide, Fidelis Care believes that all New Yorkers should have access to affordable, quality health insurance.

Legal Services

ANDREW COHEN, ESQ., LAW OFFICES OF ANDREW M. COHEN
250 W. 57th St., suite 1216
Manhattan
212-244-0595

1100 Franklin Ave., suite 305
Garden City
516-877-0595

Email [email protected]

The Law Offices of Andrew M. Cohen provide personalized, high quality special needs estate planning and special education legal services at a reasonable cost. It also conducts free workshops on several topics for agencies, schools, and parent groups.

SHANNON MCNULTY, ESQ. LAW OFFICES OF SHANNON P. MCNULTY L.L.C.
1270 Sixth Ave., 7th Floor , New York
212-431-7526
Email [email protected]y-law.com

Attorney Shannon McNulty provides convenient, high-quality estate planning services for busy New York City parents. Ms. McNulty received her law degree from Georgetown Law and her LL.M. in Taxation from NYU School of Law. She has her Certified Financial Planner designation and has appeared as a legal commentator on MSNBC.

VISHNICK MCGOVERN MILIZIO LLP
3000 Marcus Ave., Suite 1E9, Lake Success, NY
516-437-4385
570 Lexington Ave., Suite 1600, New York, NY
212-759-3500
255 Monmouth Road, 2nd floor, Oakhurst, NJ
732-531-8900

For 50 years, the law firm of Vishnick McGovern Milizio has helped private and business clients ensure their well-being, plan for their future, and protect their interests.

Special Needs

ANDREW COHEN, ESQ., LAW OFFICES OF ANDREW M. COHEN
250 W. 57th St., suite 1216
Manhattan
212-244-0595

1100 Franklin Ave., suite 305
Garden City
516-877-0595

Email [email protected]

The Law Offices of Andrew M. Cohen provide personalized, high quality special needs estate planning and special education legal services at a reasonable cost. It also conducts free workshops on several topics for agencies, schools, and parent groups.

Therapy & Counselors

CREADDIVE SOLUTIONS
201-240-0921
Email [email protected]

Adhd/Executive Function Coach, offering extensive knowledge on parenting challenging behaviors through workshops, individual and group sessions. Through her Calm and [email protected] workshop series (fall session begins Oct. 16), learn to improve the overall dynamics of family life. Andrea works closely with independent schools to support teachers in understanding executive function in the classroom.

NATHALIA A. FONSECA, M.S., C.C.C.-S.L.P., T.S.S.L.D.-B.E. BILINGUAL SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST
347-449-9465
Email [email protected]

Nathalia Fonseca is a bilingual (English and Spanish) PROMPT trained speech pathologist providing speech-language, and feeding and swallowing evaluations and therapy. Fonseca is a feeding specialist with extensive experience with feeding aversions, "picky eaters," and tube feed weaning. Bilingual family workshops on speech-language and feeding topics, along with, social groups will be available on a monthly basis.

Tutors & Test Prep

EYE LEVEL MANHATTAN
East Village
437 E. 12th St.
212-260-8020
[email protected]
Tribeca
104 Reade St.
212-346-PREP (7737)
[email protected]
Upper East Side
307 E. 84th St.
212-737-3344
[email protected]
eyelevelny.com

Eye Level offers math and English programs for ages 3-14. Whether the immediate goal is for early learning, remedial education, or academic education, Eye Level is the answer.

SCIENTIA TUTORING
9 Hanover Place , Brooklyn
Email [email protected]

Experienced, understanding, compassionate, independent school teachers offer support for Spanish, Latin, French, English, essays, literature, physics, biology, chemistry, algebra, and geometry-all levels.