WELCOME
The Waisman Center Clinics provide comprehensive clinical care and support for children with disabilities and their families. The Waisman Center Neuromotor Development Clinic is a partnership with UW Health and the American Family Children’s Hospital. An interdisciplinary team of professionals works together to evaluate the needs of young children (generally under three years of age) with motor disability including early cerebral palsy and other neurological conditions that affect motor development.
Children and their families receive a comprehensive evaluation with follow-up care and re-evaluation by the core interdisciplinary staff from: developmental pediatrics, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology, nursing, and audiology. A pediatric registered dietitian is available for consultation. Strong relationships with the families of clients and linkages with other community service agencies and specialty health care providers are in place to ensure that services meet commonly recognized and agreed-upon goals.
YOUR CLINIC VISIT
If you are interested in an appointment, please have your/your child’s primary care provider fill out a referral at uwhealth.org/referral. We will call you to schedule an appointment once we have processed the referral.
- This appointment may take up to four hours, so please plan accordingly.
- All clinic visitors should park in stalls outlined in blue and give their license plate number to the schedulers upon check-in. (See map and directions below.)
- Our clinic is located on the first floor of the Waisman Center, 1500 Highland Avenue.
- Plan to arrive 5 to 10 minutes prior to your scheduled appointment. Check in at the clinic reception desk located just beyond the Waisman Center’s main lobby.
- A medical assistant may obtain your child’s height, weight, pulse and blood pressure. You and your child will be taken to an examination room.
- A developmental pediatrician will obtain a thorough health history, examine your child, discuss the evaluation and answer any questions.
- Other professionals may also provide evaluations and/or consultations.
- The clinics are a nut-free zone.
NOTE: Full visit information will be shared in writing with you and your child’s primary health care provider, subspecialists, and others as indicated by signed release of information forms.
GOALS OF THE CLINIC TEAM
- Provide initial and follow-up visits to address concerns related to neuromotor development including: feeding, growth, mobility and self-care skills, communication, behavior, therapy and equipment recommendations, support services, and coordination of health care needs.
- Provide individualized assessments from any or all team members related to the particular needs of the child as identified by their parent or guardian.
Clinic Team
Clinic Director
Nurse
Clinic Team
Maps, Directions, and Parking for Clinic Visitors
From the east—follow University Avenue through campus and then go off to the right on Campus Drive; stay in the right lane and turn right at the University Bay Drive/Farley Avenue intersection.
From the west—follow University Avenue and turn left at the University Bay Drive/Farley Avenue intersection. After making the turn (from either direction)... Continue straight over the hill; the road at that point becomes Highland Avenue. The Waisman Center is at the bottom of the hill on the left, across the street from UW-Children's Hospital.
PARKING: All clinic visitors should park in stalls outlined in blue and give their license plate number to the schedulers upon check-in.
ENTRANCE: Enter building in north tower at main clinics/lobby doors. Turn right and walk through lobby to clinics registration desk.
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