Children's Hospital

Divisions/Specialties

Division of Behavioral and Developmental Pediatrics

The Behavioral and Developmental Pediatrics Division offers comprehensive consultation, evaluation and treatment for children, birth to age 21, with developmental and behavioral problems.

The division maintains special services for children with school problems and toddlers and pre-schoolers with behavioral or developmental issues, children with pervasive developmental disorder/autism (PDD) and SIDS families, and works closely with child psychiatrists as a liaison for patients and families.

Patient Conditions

• Common behavior problems among children and adolescents
• Handicaps or developmental disabilities in children
• Problems related to chronic illness
• Diseases with prominent psychosomatic difficulties
• Dysfunctional behavior
• Problems related to family issues, such as divorce
• Adolescent and young adult sexual identity issues
• Pervasive developmental disorder/autism
• Developmental delay

Comprehensive Evaluations

• Evaluation of children with developmental or learning problems
• Evaluation of school or related difficulties (hearing problems, hyperactivity, peer problems)

Specialized Treatments

• Follow-up program for premature infants
• Short-term and long-term counseling services
• Diagnosis and treatment for pervasive developmental disorder/autism
• Diagnosis and treatment for ADHD/learning disabilities
• Diagnosis and treatment for enuresis
• Diagnosis and treatment of young adult sexual identity issues
• Family support after infant death

Research Activities

• Premature infant development
• Pervasive developmental disorder/autism
• Evaluation of children with learning problems
• Pediatric HIV/AIDS
• Behavior problems in school-age children
• Early detection of developmental delay and sensory impairment
• Adolescent bereavement
• SIDS and infant mortality epidemiology

Special Programs

Center for Development, Behavior and Learning:

• Behavioral Pediatrics Clinic evaluates and treats a range of childhood and family problems
• Comprehensive Evaluation Unit identifies and treats children with developmental problems or disabilities
• Developmental Pediatrics Clinic manages children with handicaps or developmental disabilities
• Center for Infant and Child Loss Program is a statewide program of support and public and professional education
• Center for the Atypical Child evaluates children with atypical behavioral/learning who may have autistic spectrum disorders

Services To Physicians

• Consultation on complicated cases
• Second opinions
• Evaluation of patient conditions
• Special treatment procedures
• Short-term and long-term management

For More Information

• Adolescent Bereavement A list of links to outside Web sites with information about Adolescent Bereavement.
  
  
• Autism, Asperger Syndrome and Fragile X A list of links to outside Web sites with information about Autism, Asperger Syndrome and Fragile X.
  
  
• Learning Disabilities A list of links to outside Web sites with information about learning abilities.