Infant Child Development

The Infant Child Development team assesses infants and toddlers for developmental disabilities, makes treatment recommendations and carries out treatment. Children birth to 3 years of age with cerebral palsy, spina bifida, Down's syndrome, congenital abnormalities, and many other diagnoses are treated by our team of occupational therapists, speech therapists, physical therapists, early childhood education teachers, social workers and paraprofessionals. We interact with many community agencies to meet the needs of these children and their families. Children are seen at the Penn campus, as well as in their homes and at their daycares to enable them to receive therapy in a natural setting for them. Newborns at the Santa Fe campus nursery are often assessed by the Infant Child Development staff to determine needs as early as possible.

Special clinics are held every 10 weeks with Valerie Kerchen, MD, a pediatric developmental specialist form Wichita. Linda Lawrence, MD, an ophthalmologist, also holds clinics every month to determine visual impairment for this population and provide appropriate interventions.