The Neurodevelopmental Disorders Clinic, under the leadership of Robin Hansen, MD, and Randi Hagerman, MD, currently does assessments for autism spectrum disorders, fragile X syndrome, ADHD, learning disorders, and other neurodevelopmental disorders.  The clinic provides interdisciplinary diagnostic evaluations, intervention recommendations and medical management for children referred by regional providers as well as through contractual agreements with four regional centers in northern California. 
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The Feeding Recovery Clinic, under the leadership of Mary Beth Steinfeld, MD, provides intensive feeding intervention services for children with severe feeding difficulties and developmental delays.  The clinic is developing effective strategies to wean children off gastrostomy tubes and nasogastric tubes. The clinic also collaborates with pediatricians, neonatologists and pediatric gastroenterologists to prevent tube placement.  The Feeding Recovery Clinic team includes two speech therapists, a dietician, a behaviorist, a child psychiatrist and a developmental behavioral pediatrician.

Elizabeth Miller, MD, has received a grant from the Clinical Translational Science Center and Children’s Miracle Network to establish and evaluate the effectiveness of using telemedicine in school based clinics to provide support for children with special health care needs in schools with limited or no school nursing support.

Elizabeth Miller, MD, and Dian Baker, MA, MSN, CPNP, RN, are working on a needs assessment of barriers to quality of care among Southeast Asian communities, with the goal of improving health care for children and adults with developmental disabilities in this community.  They are looking at strategies for improvement, which may include development of bilingual/bicultural parent advocacy networks, translation and adaptation of existing resource materials that are identified by parents as being most useful, and training of community-based outreach workers to assist individuals with developmental disabilities in underserved communities.