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Audiology / Speech Language Pathology
The Division of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology at the Mailman Center for Child Development focuses on the communication needs of infants, toddlers, and school-aged children.
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Child
Clinical and Pediatric Psychology
The Psychological Assessment Service (PAS) provides
comprehensive evaluations of children and adolescents
with a wide range of clinical problems, including
learning disabilities, attention problems and
developmental delays.
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Developmental
and Behavioral Pediatrics
The Mailman Center serves as the division of child development for the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, and as such there is much overlap between general pediatrics and development-behavior pediatrics.
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The Debbie Institute
The Debbie Institute, a division
of the Mailman Center for Child Development, is a center for early
intervention research, training and service. For more than 30 years,
the Debbie Institute has conducted research on problems impacting children
with special needs, provided early intervention services for children and
their families and provided training for university students interested in
careers in special education, speech-language pathology, physical therapy,
occupational therapy, and social work. Our mission is to nurture and enrich
the lives of children during the critical years of early learning to create
the strong foundation they need to flourish throughout life.
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Ethics Programs
UM Ethics
Programs foster and support a range of
efforts dedicated to education, research and
community service in ethics and the
professions.
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Health Administration
A strong
demand exists for practical and valid
information about solutions to managerial
problems. Our goal is to assist in
translating research findings, theory and
hands-on experience into a form useful to
the student and practitioner.
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Training Program
The Mailman
Center provides outreach training to over
5,000 individuals annually.
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Nursing
The primary role of
the Mailman Center Nursing Division is to facilitate the
training of graduate nursing students and nurse practitioner
students for future leadership positions in neurodevelopmental
disabilities via the LEND Program. Students from the advanced nursing
programs in several area universities participate each semester
in the LEND program.
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Nutrition
The Mailman
Center Nutrition Division provides Medical
nutrition therapy for children and
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The Touch Research Institute
The Touch Research Institute is dedicated to
studying the effects of touch therapy. The TRIs have researched the effects
of massage therapy at all stages of life, from newborns to senior citizens.
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Parent and Family Leadership
The Parent and Family Leadership Division of
The Mailman Center for Child Development (MCCD) is dedicated to promoting
and preserving the role of Families in the delivery of Family Centered Care,
both within the clinical settings and also in all other functional settings;
and to contributing a Family perspective to the interdisciplinary training
within the MCCD.
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Physical Therapy
Pediatric physical therapy is the science and art of caring for children
with movement dysfunction and their families. Pediatric physical therapists evaluate and treat children
with movement disorders from the newborn period through young adulthood.
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Occupational Therapy
The Mailman Center for Child
Development offers occupational therapy for children enrolled in
the Debbie School as part of the Early Steps program for infants
and toddler.
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Social Work
The Social
Work Division provides services to 150
families yearly, who are survivors of
domestic violence. The program provides both
individual and group services.
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Information
Systems
The
Pediatrics Information Systems Department
provides technical services and support to
the entire Pediatric Department.
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