Current Projects
Model Services
Primary Care for Individuals with Special Needs (including complex medical conditions and/or developmental disabilities) is provided by CHLA Pediatricians in partnership with AltaMed in our General Pediatrics clinic: 323-669-2113
Special programs provided for all, including individuals with developmental disabilities, include:
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- The Patient Centered Medical Home Program which embeds nurse case management in the primary care setting
- Bodyworks which provides dietary and physical activity counseling and weight management
- The Lactation Clinic which provides breastfeeding support to all, including mothers and infants with developmental disabilities
- The Parent Navigator Program, which employs individuals with lived experience to help families navigate and get connected to the DD service system
- Hablamos Juntos, which provides family-based support for children with speech delay
- First Connections: Early Identification of and Referrals to Early Intervention Services for Autism and other Developmental Delays
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Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) | Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (chla.org)
The Spina Bifida Program at CHLA
Provides multi-disciplinary care to individuals with Spina Bifida.
Home of the innovative Movin’on Up Transition Program
https://www.chla.org/spina-bifida-program
The Newborn Follow-up Program at CHLA
Provides multi-disciplinary developmental monitoring for infants at risk for developmental delay, such as premature infants or with infants with other birth complications
https://www.chla.org/newborn-follow-program
