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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.

Our team of experts in the MWPH Pediatric Pulmonary program diagnoses, evaluates and treats a range of lung and breathing problems.

Physical rehabilitation therapists at Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital seek to find alternative methods of communication with the alternative communication evaluations.

Therapists and rehab equipment vendors assess your child's individual positioning and equipment needs including but not limited to wheelchairs, adaptive strollers, walkers, standers and bath chairs.

Splinting and casting services are available through the physical medicine and rehabilitation program with Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital.

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.

Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are injuries or pain in the body's joints, ligaments, muscles, nerves, tendons and structures that support limbs, neck and back.

Damage to the spinal cord that result in a loss of function such as movement or feeling. Frequent causes of damage are trauma (car accident, gunshot, falls, etc.) or disease (polio, spina bifida, Friedreich's Ataxia, etc.).

Movement disorders present as difficulties in moving arms, legs or any other part of the body. A wide variety of treatment options are available at Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital for patients with movement disorders.

The Developmental Evaluation Clinic at MWPH is designed to treat children between the ages of 0 - 23 months who are known to have biological or environmental factors that place them at risk for developmental delays.