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The Mailman Center for Child Development in
the Department of Pediatrics at the University
of Miami located in the diverse community of Miami.
Miami is one of the major centers for population
growth. Approximately 80% of the Miami-Dade
County population is composed of individuals
of diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
The Mailman Center is an academic center that
addresses concerns of individuals with developmental
disabilities and children with special health care
needs through research, clinical service, training
for professionals and community members, and
advocacy. It is housed in a 9-story building
with nearly 115,000 square feet of office,
clinical, training, conference, and laboratory
space. It is located in Miami's busy University
of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center. Jackson
Memorial Hospital is the largest part of the medical
complex, with an 1800-bed inpatient facility,
400 of which are pediatric or newborn at the
Holtz Children’s Hospital. The Mailman Center
annually serves over 15,000 children, youths,
and their families.
The Mailman Center for Child Development at the
University of Miami is an integral part of the
School of Medicine's Department of Pediatrics.
The Center offers extensive research facilities
for education and contains everything needed to
fulfill its mission of research, training, and
services to children with special needs and
their families.
The staff at the Center give special care to identifying
the concerns and priorities of each individual and family.
The family and professional staff then work closely to
decide those services that would best meet all family
members' needs.
The Mailman Center is located at 1601 N.W. 12th Avenue,
Miami Florida 33136, on the corner of N.W. 16th Street
and N.W. 12th Avenue. It is just east of the Civic Center
Metrorail Station.
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The Mailman Center
is designated as:
The combination of
support from these federal and state agencies
makes it possible for us to accomplish our
overall mission, and enhance the mission of each
supporting agency.
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Activities that help address the concerns,
independence, and integration of individuals
with
developmental
disabilities and other
special health care needs include:
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Training of
graduate students in professional
fields, community providers, consumers
and a myriad of others both inside and
outside the field of
developmental
disabilities.
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Direct
services, including screening,
diagnosis, and intervention for
conditions associated with developmental
delay and/or disability. These services
also serve as the basis for clinical and
research components of the Mailman
Center.
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Technical
assistance (e.g. professional
consultation, editorial assistance,
grant support, and assistance) to local,
community and national groups in order
to promote knowledge about
state-of-the-art practices. Technical
assistance is frequently provided to
state agencies and policy groups and
results in large-scale changes at the
systems and public policy levels.
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Dissemination of new information about
the field.
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Research
(including basic, clinical,
transitional, and public health/public
policy) to develop new knowledge and
skills and thus advance the field of
developmental
disabilities.
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University
Centers for Excellence (UCEDDs) do not work in
isolation. They accomplish their goals in
collaboration with individuals with
disabilities and their families and with a
vast network of collaborating universities,
agencies, and groups.
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A key to
success of University Centers for Excellence
(UCEDDs) are their location within a college or
university. In the case of the Mailman
Center, the UCEDD an integral part of the University of
Miami Miller School of Medicine, Department of
Pediatrics. It serves as the Human
Development Section of the Department. While
organizationally located in Pediatrics, the
Mailman Center recognizes the commitment to
life span issues for individuals with
developmental
disabilities. Special programs and
agency linkages permit the Mailman Center to
address life-span concerns.
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Last Updated:
January 26, 2010
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