Children With Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN)

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Children with Special Health Care Needs

Utah Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) is a part of the Utah Department of Health, Division of Community and Family Health Services.

CSHCN is the state Maternal Child Health (Title V, MCH) agency for Utah.

We oversee 10 diverse programs for children throughout the state. Each is unique in its services for children with special health care needs.

Adaptive, Behavior and Learning Evaluation (ABLE) Program
Serves multi-problem, school-aged children and their families.

Special Health Care Needs: We are convinced that a few people can gather together to problem solve, and promote functional adaptive improvements, to such needful conditions as:

  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactive Disorders
  • Autism Spectrum
  • Chronic medical and physical challenges
  • Emotional and behavioral conditions
  • Learning and developmental disabilities
  • Trauma and Attachment Disorders

Baby Watch Early Intervention
Provides early intervention services statewide for children with developmental delays and disabilities from birth to age 3. Services are provided in the home and build on family strengths and the child’s potential.

Child Development Clinic
Provides clinical services for children from birth to age 5.  Services are designed to first provide timely evaluation and care plans and second to coordinate the delivery of services with the medical home and local agencies.  The Child Development Clinic provides assessment and case management services for children from infancy through five years of age with special health care needs such as:

  • Medical and Physical Challenges
  • Emotional/Behavioral Difficulties
  • Developmental Delays
  • Autism/Pervasive Developmental Disorders
  •  Speech and Language Delays
 

Hearing Speech and Vision Services (HSVS)
Provides statewide hearing screening and makes appropriate referral for infants and children with hearing, speech and/or vision problems.  Provides reconditioned hearing aides to children whose families qualify.

Neonatal Follow Up Program (NFP)

Neonatal Follow-up is a statewide program whose threefold mission is to:
  • Offer 2½ year interdisciplinary follow-up services to an at-risk graduate from a referring newborn intensive care unit (NICU)
  • Complement the care provided by the child’s medical home
  • Provide feedback to the referring NICU
The program offers periodic screening by a multidisciplinary team. When indicated, the program assists with or refers to appropriate intervention and financial services. The program provides psychosocial support as needed.The Neonatal Follow-up Program services are tailored to the needs of each child. A summary of each evaluation is sent to the child’s medical home and to the referring newborn intensive care unit. With parent approval, the summary is also sent to other providers involved in the child’s care.The Neonatal Follow-up Program does not serve as a primary health care provider, and strongly supports ongoing participation with the child’s primary care provider, the medical home and community services.

Specialty Clinics
Ensures access to pediatric specialty clinics. Neurology, Genetics, Orthopedics, and Osteogenesis Imperfecta clinics are coordinated.

Satellite Clinics
Provides multidisciplinary care to children with chronic illnesses or disabilities in 8 rural sites: Moab, Monticello/Blanding, Ogden, Price, Provo, Richfield, St. George and Vernal.

Phone (801) 584-8284
Toll Free (800) 829-8200