Expanded Pediatric Care
When Your Child Needs More.
Some health concerns don't fit neatly into a traditional pediatric visit.
Expanded Pediatric Care at Shipley Pediatrics provides families with ongoing, personalized support for children with complex, chronic, neurologic, developmental, or whole-child health concerns.
More time to listen. More time to investigate. More time to build a plan around your child.
What is Expanded Pediatric Care?
Sometimes a child needs more than routine primary care.
Symptoms may overlap. Previous treatments may not have provided the answers you hoped for. Or you may simply feel there is more to understand about what's happening with your child.
Expanded Pediatric Care gives Jen the time and flexibility to take a deeper look at your child's health, history, symptoms, lifestyle, development, and overall well-being.
The goal isn't simply to address one symptom at a time. It's to better understand the whole picture and develop an individualized plan for your child.
It's about understanding your child—not simply treating a symptom.
Conditions & concerns
Who Is Expanded Pediatric Care For?
ADHD & ADD
Support for children with attention, focus, behavioral, executive-function, and related concerns.
Migraines & Headaches
Evaluation and ongoing management for children experiencing recurring headaches, migraines, or related symptoms.
POTS & Autonomic Concerns
Support for children and adolescents experiencing dizziness, fatigue, heart-rate changes, exercise intolerance, and other concerns related to autonomic function.
Neurologic Concerns
Jen's extensive pediatric neurology background provides an additional level of experience for families navigating neurologic symptoms and diagnoses.
Developmental & Behavioral Concerns
A broader look at development, behavior, learning, sleep, and other factors that may be affecting your child's day-to-day life.
Functional & Whole-Child Pediatric Care
An approach that considers how factors such as nutrition, sleep, gut health, lifestyle, environment, and overall wellness may contribute to your child's health.
Complex Pediatric Concerns
For children whose symptoms don't fit neatly into one category or families who feel they need more time and a broader perspective to understand what may be happening.
Looking at More Than a Diagnosis
At Shipley Pediatrics, we understand that children with complex concerns often don't fit into a single box.
A child's headaches may be connected to sleep. Fatigue may overlap with nutrition, hydration, stress, autonomic function, or another underlying concern. Attention challenges may exist alongside sleep, behavioral, developmental, or other health factors.
Expanded Pediatric Care allows Jen to take the time to look at these connections rather than focusing only on a diagnosis.
Experience That Makes a Difference
Meet Jennifer Shipley, CPNP
Jennifer brings decades of pediatric nursing experience and extensive experience in pediatric neurology to the care of children with complex needs.
That experience allows her to combine traditional pediatric knowledge with a broader, whole-child approach—while recognizing when additional testing, specialty care, or collaboration with another provider may be appropriate.
Meet Jennifer Shipley
Expanded Pediatric Care Membership
Membership pricing
Expanded Pediatric Care is offered through a monthly membership for children from birth through age 21.
For children from birth through age 21.
Per additional enrolled child.
Your family's monthly Expanded Pediatric Care membership will not exceed $425.
Enrollment fees are capped at $150 per family.
What does membership provide?
An ongoing care relationship, not a one-time consultation.
Depending on your child's individual needs, care may include:
- Ongoing visits and follow-up
- Extended time to discuss complex concerns
- Review of medical history and previous care
- Medication management when appropriate
- Growth, development, nutrition, sleep, and lifestyle evaluation
- Coordination with specialists and other members of your child's care team
- Monitoring progress and adjusting the care plan over time
Your child's specific plan will depend on their individual health needs.
DPC vs. Expanded Care
What About My Child's Primary Care?
Expanded Pediatric Care is designed for specialized and complex pediatric needs and does not necessarily replace your child's primary care provider.
Families should maintain appropriate primary care and health insurance coverage for services outside of the Expanded Pediatric Care membership.
Pediatric DPC
Your child's ongoing primary care home — well-child, sick, and everyday care.
Expanded Pediatric Care
In-depth, ongoing support for complex, neurologic, developmental, or whole-child concerns.
If you're looking for Shipley Pediatrics to become your child's ongoing primary care practice, our Pediatric Direct Primary Care membership may be the better fit.
PANS & PANDAS
Families seeking care specifically for suspected or diagnosed PANS or PANDAS will have a dedicated care pathway through Shipley Pediatrics. Because these conditions can require a specialized approach to evaluation and ongoing management, we've created separate information for families looking specifically for this type of care.
Explore PANS & PANDAS CareGetting started
Finding the right care for a child with complex needs starts with fit.
Finding the right care for a child with complex needs often starts with understanding whether the provider and approach are a good fit.
Schedule a Consultation-
Learn About Expanded Care
Explore the areas Jen supports and determine whether Expanded Pediatric Care sounds appropriate for your child's needs.
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Schedule a Consultation
Connect with Shipley Pediatrics to discuss what you're looking for and whether Expanded Pediatric Care is the appropriate care pathway.
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Determine the Right Fit
We'll help determine whether your child is best served through Expanded Pediatric Care, Pediatric DPC, PANS/PANDAS Care, or another provider or specialist.
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Begin Enrollment
If Expanded Pediatric Care is the right fit, the Shipley team will guide you through membership enrollment, forms, and next steps.
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Build Your Child's Care Plan
Once established, Jen can begin taking a deeper look at your child's history, concerns, and goals and develop an individualized approach to ongoing care.
Frequently Asked Questions
Expanded Pediatric Care Questions
Is Expanded Pediatric Care the same as Pediatric DPC?
No. Pediatric DPC is designed to provide your child's ongoing primary care. Expanded Pediatric Care is designed for children who need more specialized, in-depth, or ongoing support for complex health concerns.
Does Expanded Pediatric Care replace my child's pediatrician?
Not necessarily. Families may maintain their existing pediatrician or primary care provider while working with Jen for Expanded Pediatric Care.
Is this a one-time consultation?
Expanded Pediatric Care is structured as an ongoing monthly membership so Jen can follow your child's progress, make adjustments, and provide continuity over time.
Does membership include outside labs, imaging, medications, or specialists?
Services provided outside Shipley Pediatrics—including outside laboratory testing, imaging, medications, hospital services, and specialty care—are separate from the membership and may be billed by those providers or processed through your insurance.
Can Jen work with my child's other providers?
Care coordination can be an important part of managing complex pediatric concerns. When appropriate, Shipley Pediatrics can help coordinate with your child's primary care provider, specialists, therapists, and other members of their care team.
What if I'm not sure which Shipley service my child needs?
That's okay. Contact Shipley Pediatrics and tell us a little about what you're looking for. We'll help guide you toward the most appropriate next step.
Your Child Is More Than a List of Symptoms.
When something isn't adding up, having the time to look deeper can make a difference. Learn more about how Expanded Pediatric Care at Shipley Pediatrics can support your child and your family.