Pediatrics

Catalog description

Students will become familiar with normal developmental patterns and will demonstrate the ability to perform and interpret developmental screening tests. Students will be able to recognize aberrant patterns of development in an individual child and gain understanding of intervention services that are available for children with developmental delays. Students will be involved in the Development Clinic, Neonatal Follow-up Clinic, Heartspring (residential school for multiple handicapped children), and Rainbows United (early intervention provider for children under 5 years of age). These sites will allow the student exposure to a variety of children, with both normal development and those with behavioral and/or developmental problems.