Kennedy Krieger Childrens Hospital Inc

Programs: Outpatient programspatients are seen on an outpatient basis in one of more than 35 different clinics. A child may be seen by a single professional or an interdisciplinary team depending upon the nature of the child's needs. Clinics provide diagnostic and treatment services in the following areas: assistive technology, ataxia telagiectasia, audiology, behavior management, botulinum toxin treatment, autism and related disorders, development and learning problems, genetic muscle disorders, cerebral palsy, feeding disorders, developmental cognitive neurology, down syndrome, environment health problems, fragile x, holoprosencephaly, spinal cord injuries, movement disorders, nicu follow-up, neurogenetics, neurophysiology, nutrition, occupational therapy, orthopedics, osteogenesis imperfect, child psychiatry, rehabilitation, physical therapy, social work and speech and language.

inpatient programs are made up of 3 units:the neurobehavioral unit (nbu) provides services for individuals with developmental disabilities who are self-injurious, aggressive and display other severe behaviors. The pediatric feeding disorders unit (pfdu) serves children with severe feeding problems. Medical assessments, nutritional monitoring, oral motor assessments and intense behavioral interventions can be conducted. The pediatric rehabilitation unit (pru) operates one of the most successful neurorehabilitation programs in the world and includes the brain injury program and the international spinal cord injury program.

professional training programsas one of the leading facilities in the country that provides evaluations and rehabilitation services to children with brain-related injuries, kennedy krieger children's hospital is dedicated to using its resources to help increase the number of qualified specialists in the united states and abroad. Every year, more than 400 people, from all academic levels, come to train with renowned experts from a wide variety of disciplines including audiology, education, genetics, health administration, nursing, nutrition, occupational and physical therapy, pediatric rehabilitation medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry, psychology (behavioral and neuropsychology), social work, speech language pathology and spinal cord injury. The goals of the clinical training programs are twofold: 1) to train leaders in the field of neurodevelopmental disabilities and 2) to help ensure that there is a sufficient number of qualified professionals to meet the needs of children with special health care needs and their families.

other program services that further and support the hospital's mission statement.