About Us
The Developmental Disabilities Family Clinics :
University of Illinois at Chicago
About us
The Developmental Disabilities Family Clinics provide comprehensive assessment services for children, adolescents, and adults who have developmental disabilities. The Family Clinics include professionals from family medicine, nursing, occupational therapy, pediatrics, psychiatry, psychology, social work, and speech therapy.
Funding for the Family Clinics is provided by grants from the Illinois Department of Human Services, matching funds from UIC, and third party payments form Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurers. A sliding fee scale is used to determine the amounts of any payments from recipients of services. However, no one is turned away on the basis of inability to pay.
The clinics emphasize the value of the family, resources within the community, and the importance of a multidisciplinary lifespan approach in providing services.The specific programs and activities operated within the Family Clinics are listed below.
For diagnostic and intervention program referrals and intakes in English call: (312) 413-1490.
For referrals in Spanish call: (312) 413-1819.
For questions about training call Linda Sandman, MSW, Clinical Services Director at (312) 413-1640.
Programs
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The Adult Diagnostic and Intervention Program provides comprehensive assessment and treatment services for adults with developmental disabilities. Specialty areas include the assessment and treatment of adults dually diagnosed with a developmental disability and mental illness, Autism spectrum disorders, and individuals with behavioral difficulties. The program also provides clinical training and consultation with the professional community serving adults with developmental disabilities.
Program Coordinator: Linda Sandman, MSW (312) 413-1640
For referrals and intakes call: (312) 413-1490.
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The Hispanic Diagnostic and Family Support Program provides interdisciplinary comprehensive assessments in Spanish and/or English for individuals of all ages with suspected or confirmed developmental disabilities. Our specialty areas include: specialized bilingual services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, Autism spectrum disorders and ADHD. The IDHD is located adjacent to the predominantly Hispanic Pilsen-Little Village neighborhood and actively recruits cases from this area. The ability to provide bilingual family services has vastly increased acceptance and use of IDHD by this underserved group. The program also offers cultural competence training and consultation to professionals and community agencies and schools.
Program Coordinator: Irma Hernández, LCSW (312) 413-1819
For referrals and intakes call: (312) 413-1490.
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The Child and Adolescent Diagnostic and Family Support Program provides culturally appropriate interdisciplinary comprehensive assessment and services for children age 3 to 21 with suspected or confirmed developmental disabilities. Specialty areas include intellectual and developmental disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders, ADHD and evaluations of children with complex developmental and socio-emotional concerns.
The program also offers a limited number of diagnostic evaluations for children 0-3 with developmental delays, especially disorders of social relatedness or cognitive delays. Families are assisted in obtaining needed services.
For referrals and intakes call: (312) 413-1490.
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The Autism Clinic and TAP Training Center at UIC is a specialty clinic devoted to serving children, adolescents, and adults with known or suspected Autism Spectrum Disorders. Housed in the Developmental Disabilities Family Clinics of the Institute on Disability and Human Development (IDHD), the Autism Clinic & TAP Training Center's mission is to improve the lives of individuals with autism and their families through clinical service, community, academic, and professional training, and research. The Autism Clinic and TAP Training Center is dedicated to serving underserved urban minority groups in the city of Chicago and surrounding areas.
Referrals and Resource Coordination -- For further information regarding the Autism Clinic and TAP Training Center at UIC, please contact Lana Roth, LCSW at 312.413.4624. For Spanish speaking referrals contact Ligia Onofre-Maldonado at 312.413.1490.
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Events
Monthly Group Parent Training Sessions provided by The Autism Clinic & TAP
Training Center Institute on Disability and Human Development
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