Center for Children and Youth with Special Healthcare Needs
Cause Area
- Children & Youth
- Community
- Health & Medicine
- People with Disabilities
Location
160 E Erie AvenuePhiladelphia, PA 19134 United StatesOrganization Information
Mission Statement
The Center for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs has one mission -- to provide you and your family with ongoing, coordinated, comprehensive, family-centered medical care that improves access to services, community resources and advocacy. We work closely with specialists, and with community providers and agencies to ensure that your child maximizes his or her potential using every available resource.
Description
Our pediatric primary care team cares for children and youth with special health care needs including children and youth who utilize technology such as tracheostomies, oxygen, ventilators, or feeding tubes, cerebral palsy, global development delay, autism, itellectual disability, physical limitations, congenital heart conditions, VP shunts, as well as those with complex illnesses such as genetic syndromes, Down Syndrome or Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.