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Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital (MWPH) is a specialty and rehabilitation hospital, and is co-owned and co-operated by the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins. The externships at MWPH are 12-month placements, although opportunities to engage in a 9-month externship may be available if space permits.

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 psychology staff at Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital not only works directly with the family, but collaborates with other members of the child’s treatment team to ensure appropriate coordination of care.

Information about conditions treated in the Pediatric Complex Care Program at Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital

Services provided with the Pediatric Complex Care Program at Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital

Information about the Pediatric Dermatology department at Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital

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

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

Cognitive programming helps children who, as a result of a brain injury, are coping with cognitive impairments that affect their orientation, planning and organization, problem solving, reasoning, memory and attention.

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.