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Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
Clinical Services
The Section of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics is comprised of faculty from the Child
Development Unit (CDU) at The Children’s Hospital who evaluate and manage children with a variety of developmental and neurobehavioral differences. We provide single-specialty evaluations as well as interdisciplinary team evaluations for children with developmental and behavioral concerns from birth through adolescence.
The CDU has four developmental and behavioral pediatricians, a pediatric nurse practitioner, and six licensed clinical psychologists who specialize in developmental disorders such as intellectual disabilities, autism, learning disabilities, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. We have established new clinics in the past two years which serve unique needs in our community.
We were awarded a grant from Autism Speaks to become an Autism Treatment Network (ATN) site in January 2008. We are part of a multisite network of 15 programs dedicated to improving medical care for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). We have established collaborations with genetics, neurology, gastroenterology, and sleep medicine in order to provide more integrated care for children with ASD. The eXtraordinarY Kids Clinic addresses the medical, endocrine, developmental, and psychological needs of children and adolescents with X and Y chromosome variations. We are a member of the National Fragile X Foundation’s Fragile X Clinical and Research Consortium. The Fragile X Clinic specializes in treating individuals with Fragile X syndrome. La Clinica Española is a recently developed multidisciplinary clinic for monolingual Spanish speakers. Our LAUNCH program is a short-term program designed to educate and empower the parents of children recently diagnosed with autism. It includes four seminars focused on providing parents with effective strategies for helping their child while establishing connections for treatment with providers in the community. Our programs are designed to help families understand their child’s strengths, identify areas of developmental concerns, and find appropriate interventions that will help their child reach his or her maximum potential.
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