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The purpose of psychological testing at Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital is to help assess the specific strengths and weaknesses of each child being evaluated, and information is typically gathered from parents/guardians, teachers and other individuals involved in the day to day life of the child.

The Center for Pediatric Weight Management and Healthy Living at Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital offers several comprehensive, multi-disciplinary programs for pediatric weight management.

At Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital, our specialists are dedicated to helping families find the right technology and equipment to help children thrive. 

This keyboarding program at Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital promotes fine motor skills necessary for using a keyboard, through personalized therapy and multi-sensory techniques.

The Function Can Be Fun Program at Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital provides evaluation and direct skilled intervention for children who suffer with asymmetrical hand usage from various diagnoses such as cerebral palsy, neurological impairments, traumatic brain injury, strokes and brachial plexus palsy injuries.

Aquatic therapy at Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital or our Harford County location, uses water and its properties to perform therapeutic exercise and treatment.

Gait abnormality typically results from dysfunction of the nervous and/or musculoskeletal system. The pediatric physiatrists and physical therapists at Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital provide evaluations and treatment plans for the management of a gait abnormality.

An increasing number of children have become involved with sports. The rise of both neurological and orthopaedic injuries has also increased resulting in a need for specialized rehabilitation of these sports related injuries.

Sensory Integrative Processing Disorder is a neurological disorder that causes difficulties processing information from the senses and is treated by the physical medicine and rehabilitation team at Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital.

The Schroth Method is a treatment strategy for individuals with scoliosis. It focuses on specific postural exercises and corrective breathing techniques to target the individual needs of the patient.