“Parents Who Play, Build Brains!” is a video brought to you in partnership between Riverside Medical and the Drumheller and Area Early Childhood Development Coalition. At Riverside Medical, we provide awareness for children, parents, and caregivers of the resources offered towards early childhood development within the community of Drumheller. Our healthcare team can help to support children and families in navigating these resources.

In the first five years of life, your child’s brain develops faster than at any other time in their life. Your child’s early experiences – the things they sees, hear, touch, smell, and taste stimulate their brain, creating millions of connections. This is when the foundations for learning, health and behaviour throughout life are laid down. In the early years, your child’s main way of learning and developing is through play and having a strong positive relationship with parents.

For a complete list of Drumheller and Area Early Childhood Development Resources, Click Here

The newly published Drumheller and Area Early Childhood Development Resources brochure is also available in our clinic for families to take home.

Counselling for Children

When your child is going through a challenging time, it is natural for a parent to feel a multitude of overwhelming emotions. Wheatland County Counselling works closely with parents and other family members to help children and families heal.

Counselling for Adolescents

Adolescence is a time of change. New research is showing that the adolescent brain is developing even faster than it did in infancy. While it is normal for teens to experience some questions regarding their identity, emotions, and place in the world, some experience more stress than others or are faced with challenging life circumstances. Wheatland County Counselling is able to offer an array approaches in both Strathmore and Drumheller that will help adolescents grow and thrive.

Counselling For Adults

While Wheatland County Counselling specializes in working with children, youth, and their families, services are available for adults- depending on presenting concerns. Contact Wheatland County Counselling for a free 15-minute consultation to determine if we can help you move towards growth and healing.

Assessment Services

Mental Health Assessments are available. At this time parental capacity and psychoeducational assessments are not offered.

Contact us to discuss your assessment needs.

Visit our website for more information on the services provided by Wheatland County Counselling. https://www.wheatlandcountycounselling.com/

Our team consists of family physician Dr. Rithesh Ram, Clinic General Manager Kathy Stark, Patient Care Manager Ashlyn Herzog, Patient Care Coordinators Candace Baxter and Jessie Hansen. Future team members will include Nurse Practitioner Jennifer Danielsen, and Dr. Veronique Ram who is presently completing her residency and will be with us periodically until completion of her Resident Program, at which time she will be a permanent team member.

Other members of the Patient Care Team you may encounter are Pharmacist Ray Ainscough with Riverside Value Drug Mart who has a dispensary on location and is available for medication review and counselling. Registered Psychologist Rachel Dundas offers counselling services through Wheatland County Counselling.

Dr. Rithesh Ram is accepting new patients and also offers Same Day Appointments after 9:00 a.m. Monday to Friday. We have extended clinic hours on Mondays, (excluding holidays and on call days) until 7:00 pm.

Our doctors’ specialize in Rural Generalist Medicine:

• Comprehensive primary care for individuals, families and communities
• Hospital in-patient care and/or related secondary medical care in the institutional, home or ambulatory setting
• Emergency care in the hospital
• Extended and evolving service in one or more areas of focused cognitive and/or procedural practice as required to sustain needed health services locally among a network of colleagues
• A population health approach that is relevant to the community
• Working as part of a multi-professional and multi-disciplinary team of colleagues, both local and distant, to provide services within a ‘system of care’ that is aligned and responsive to community needs.

Our physicians have also completed specialized training in elder care, sports medicine, ultrasound guided injections for joint pain, minor surgical procedures, chronic pain, and mental health.

The clinic offers a very convenient location with free, unlimited parking in the Badlands Community Facility lot, wheelchair access with reserved front parking.