Pediatric development
To be as healthy as possible, children need to meet certain "milestones" related to their physical, emotional and intellectual well-being. If your child has a disorder or condition delaying their growth and preventing them from meeting these milestones, a developmental pediatrician can help.
Developmental medicine center in Dallas, Texas
If your child needs specialized care for developmental issues, Medical City Children’s Hospital has an established center you can turn to.
Medical City Children’s Hospital Developmental Center cares for infants and children with neurological or developmental disorders. The center is staffed by caregivers who have additional training in the evaluation and care of pediatric patients who are not developing as expected.
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Caregivers at Medical City Children’s Hospital Developmental Center have been caring for children in North Texas for more than 20 years. Pediatric clinicians can evaluate a child’s gross motor and fine motor skills, language, and social/emotional development. If we determine your child’s development is atypical, we can recommend testing to help identify the underlying cause.
Our center works with numerous other services and programs to ensure each child is given the attention they deserve. We work with primary care providers, other specialty physicians, local early intervention agencies, schools, home health agencies and therapists to help make sure each child receives the treatment to help them reach his or her maximum potential. We also help parents with finding resources and information for support.
If your child’s development is atypical, our pediatric clinicians will provide recommendations for testing that may help identify the underlying cause and what treatments or therapies are available for conditions that include:
- Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- Autism
- Developmental delay
- Learning disorders
- Prematurity
- Speech-language delay
- Getting care for developmental disorders
To learn more about the Medical City Children's Hospital Developmental Center, call (972) 566-5777.
Most insurance plans, including Medicaid, are accepted.